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Yeah I get those are the concerns. I guess I’m trying to find evidence that will impact the “majority of the people.” One article [1] mentions that the combined

Yeah I get those are the concerns. I guess I’m trying to find evidence that will impact the “majority of the people.” One article [1] mentions that the combined company would still have less grocery market share than Walmart (which has just over 1/5th of the market), and the pie charts shown for some sample markets still don’t look anything like a monopoly situation to me. [1] https://www.grocerydive.com/news/how-the-kroger-albertsons-merger-could-transform-5-key-grocery-markets/636725/ https://www.grocerydive.com/news/how-the-kroger-albertsons-m...

brianjking 4y ago
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/supermarket-supermerger/id1346207297?i=1000584141281 https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/supermarket-supermerge... https://www.vox.com/money/23641875/food-grocery-inflation-prices-billionaires https://www.vox.com/money/23641875/food-grocery-inflation-pr...
- angoragoats 4y ago
  Yes, but these don’t actually address the points I mentioned. Your stance has migrated from “majority of people” to “monopolies are bad” (not that I disagree with that point)! Thank you for the links though.
  - brianjking 4y ago
    I've actually been trying to find the source about the percentage of people and may be misremembering the specifics, tbh. Listen to the podcast link I provided, it might be there. This will no doubt disproportionately impact people in rural areas and people already impacted by food deserts. For example, I live within a few minutes drive of a QFC (Kroger) and an Albertsons, and a Safeway. If they merge, there will be 0 competition outside of a Walmart and you know how that goes... If you get into who owns the products we consume it's even worse, this is a study that looks at a bit of both the distribution at grocery stores as well as who owns and manufacturers the food products we consume: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IB_2111_FoodMonoSeries1-SUPERMARKETS-V2FINAL.pdf https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11... It's...not great.

brianjking 4y ago

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/supermarket-supermerger/id1346207297?i=1000584141281 https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/supermarket-supermerge... https://www.vox.com/money/23641875/food-grocery-inflation-prices-billionaires https://www.vox.com/money/23641875/food-grocery-inflation-pr...

angoragoats 4y ago
Yes, but these don’t actually address the points I mentioned. Your stance has migrated from “majority of people” to “monopolies are bad” (not that I disagree with that point)! Thank you for the links though.
- brianjking 4y ago
  I've actually been trying to find the source about the percentage of people and may be misremembering the specifics, tbh. Listen to the podcast link I provided, it might be there. This will no doubt disproportionately impact people in rural areas and people already impacted by food deserts. For example, I live within a few minutes drive of a QFC (Kroger) and an Albertsons, and a Safeway. If they merge, there will be 0 competition outside of a Walmart and you know how that goes... If you get into who owns the products we consume it's even worse, this is a study that looks at a bit of both the distribution at grocery stores as well as who owns and manufacturers the food products we consume: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IB_2111_FoodMonoSeries1-SUPERMARKETS-V2FINAL.pdf https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11... It's...not great.