With inflation nevertheless an untamed risk, Friday’s declared merger of the grocers
Kroger
and
Albertsons
will spur debate about no matter whether the consolidation will raise foods costs, or decrease them.
The Biden administration’s antitrust regulators are scrutinizing mergers extra closely than did predecessors, and an outdated argument against combinations is that they direct to value-gouging.
With inflation nevertheless an untamed risk, Friday’s declared merger of the grocers
Kroger
and
Albertsons
will spur debate about no matter whether the consolidation will raise foods costs, or decrease them.
The Biden administration’s antitrust regulators are scrutinizing mergers extra closely than did predecessors, and an outdated argument against combinations is that they direct to value-gouging.
