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To meet the FTC's objections, the merger partners proposed selling 579 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a privately held supermarket supplier headquartered in New Hampshire that is a tiny fraction ...
The FTC said the combination of the two supermarket companies would obliterate competition, leading to higher prices and lower-quality products for Americans. An Albertsons and Kroger merger would ...
Kroger's $24.6-billion acquisition of Albertsons is the largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history. The FTC sues, alleging the deal is anti-competitive.
Vons is a supermarket chain owned by Albertsons, with most of its locations in Southern California and the Las Vegas Valley. It is headquartered in Fullerton , California , [ 2 ] and operates stores under the Vons and Pavilions banners.
In 1999, Randalls Food Markets was acquired by Safeway. Safeway retained the Randalls name in Houston and Austin and the Tom Thumb name in Dallas/Fort Worth but replaced many of the Tom Thumb/Randalls "Remarkable" and President's Choice store brands with Safeway private label items. Randalls Food Markets became Safeway's Texas division, which ...
This location closed in December 2018. In the 1990s, Randalls expanded into Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin. Cullum Companies, owner of 62 Tom Thumb and Simon David stores in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin, became part of the Randalls family in 1992, doubling the company's size with more than 115 stores statewide. [12]
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, saying the $24.6 billion deal would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices for ...
On September 9, 2013, United Supermarkets LLC was sold to Albertsons LLC. [6] On February 4, 2014, the FTC voted 4–0 to approve the deal. The acquisition deal cost Albertsons $385 million and required Albertsons to sell its single stores in the Amarillo and Wichita Falls, Texas, markets. [7]