A progressive coalition of more than 100 unions and consumer advocacy groups from across the United States has come together to build the 'Stop the Merger' campaign, a national and state-level effort to prevent Kroger from acquiring Albertsons and establishing the country's most powerful grocery cartel. On Tuesday, the coalition announced the launch of NoGroceryMerger.
''If the prices for essential goods go up, how are people who are lower-income or middle-income going to be able to survive?' she asked. 'Many people who work at my store live paycheck to paycheck, including parents with small children and single moms.'Lawanna Archer, a UFCW Local 770 member who works at a Vons in Gardena, California, described the devastation that accompanied a merger between Albertsons and Haggen eight years ago.
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