The Albertsons (Jewel) and Kroger (Mariano’s) merger would be terrible for Chicago. I doubt antitrust will allow them to retain all stores here. Maybe a player trying to enter the region will buy out those stores.

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Ok ok. Which one of us caused this problem and pushed the inorganic growth angle?

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Public statement: Synergies, lower cost to consumer
Reality: Monopolistic, lower cost for company, no/increase price for consumer, higher profit

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Price always goes up when you have pricing power

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