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Good. Two of the closest grocery stores to me are Fred Meyer and Safeway. They'd probably close the Safeway if this merger goes through. I'm happy enough wit
by rootusrootus 3y ago
Good. Two of the closest grocery stores to me are Fred Meyer and Safeway. They'd probably close the Safeway if this merger goes through. I'm happy enough with FM most of the time but I like having Safeway as an alternative, because they have options FM does not.
- bcrosby95 3y agoI'm not so sure. They like to give consumers the illusion of choice. I live in California and there's lots of Vons right next to Albertsons, and the same company owns both.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI mean Fred Meyer and Safeway are currently owned by the separate companies trying to merge, and that’s a fact. So we should prevent them from merging
- dnissley 3y agoI have the same options and personally I'd be perfectly happy to let one or the other go. Ideally it'd make room in the market for something new, since these are almost exactly the same and scarcely a mile apart. There are also plenty of other grocery stores in precisely the same area: both Town and Country Market and Trader Joes, as well as the Ballard farmer's market. It's strange to me the way that people talk about these stores as if they were their personal property, and theirs to decide whether or not they shut down, without even a mention about the very practical reasons these stores might have to merge or shut down (which may end up happening anyway, even if the merger fails).
- bobthepanda 3y agoif you don't drive, your options are significantly more limited. Ballard has an unusually high amount of grocery stores for the Seattle area and it's expensive, so it's not like people can just move to Ballard to find competition