Kroger and Albertsons to close these 63 grocery stores in California under merger

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Kroger and Albertsons are selling off nearly 600 stores across the country under their proposed merger, including more than 60 in California.

Kroger and Albertsons Tuesday released a list of 579 stores that would be sold off under a proposed mega-merger of the grocery giants, including 63 locations in California.The vast majority of the California locations are in Southern California.According to Bloomberg, Kroger CEO sent a memo to employees at all of the affected stores notifying them of the plans to spin off the locations to C&S Wholesale Grocers if the merger goes through.

SUGGESTED: Ammunition vending machines installed in grocery stores in Alabama, OklahomaThe United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents grocery workers, issued a statement Tuesday saying it continues to oppose the merger."Today's announcement changes nothing," according to the union. "The merger is not a done deal, far from it.

 

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