Kroger and Albertsons CEOs head to Capitol Hill for merger hearing

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The Senate is holding a hearing today on Kroger's proposed $24.6B purchase of rival Albertsons. Here's what to know.

This is where Kroger and Albertsons will flesh out, and defend, their arguments in favor of a merger that could directly impact tens of millions of Americans.

It's a high wire act for the CEOs, who must persuasively parrot their antitrust attorneys' talking points without stumbling. And they're unlikely to get much breathing room from either political party, as food security is a bipartisan issue.More details on some of the top-line promises made in the original merger announcement, particularly around store closures and jobs.

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Grocerying As a person who spent most of 50 years in the grocery industry this merger makes zero sense for consumers, zero sense for suppliers, zero sense for real estate, zero sense for operational efficiency, zero sense for workers. It only makes sense for capital managers.

Why didn’t they do the same for Twitter purchase ?

FTC NO MORE MONOPOLIES Honor Antitrust laws!!!!

NO! We don't need fewer grocery store owners w/just a bunch of different names, giving the illusion of competitioin. EndMonopolies

TheDemocrats we do NOT need another huge Monopoly

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