In my city we have two Safeways, a Fred Meyer (Kroger), a QFC (Kroger) a Walmart Supercenter, a WinCo, a couple of other smaller grocers, and Costco. Before the

In my city we have two Safeways, a Fred Meyer (Kroger), a QFC (Kroger) a Walmart Supercenter, a WinCo, a couple of other smaller grocers, and Costco. Before the Albertsons-Safeway merger we used to have a couple of Albertsons, and even a Haggen. Those are all gone now, not replaced by anything. There's another couple Safeways not far out of town, and another Fred Meyer as well. With this kind of geography, we're likely to lose at least one Safeway (it's literally across the street from Freddy's), and possibly one or another of those not-too-far-away Freddy's and Safeways. It's not exactly going to create a food desert, but real choice will go way down. I already split my shopping between Fred Meyer and Walmart, mostly because of supply concerns between the two.