14 Congressional representatives are calling for further investigations into grocery companies allegedly making "false and misleading representations regarding food sold by weight, leading to customers paying more for groceries."
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Kroger and Albertsons are at it again! Despite a court-ordered injunction & a crucial ruling that could BLOCK this merger, they’re pushing forward, spreading fear & confusion. They’re posting notices about store sales to intimidate workers & mislead customers.
Stayed ready! #1u
As the trial to #stopthemerger🚫 in Washington State wrapped up we made clear to the press that this merger is nothing more than a way to enrich the wealthiest shareholders and executives at the expense of everyone else! https://t.co/wwNGy1f91I
The City of Los Angeles voted unanimously to oppose the Kroger/Albertsons mergers. Cities, counties, and states across the nation (not to mention the Federal Trade Commission) have taken action to oppose the ill-fated merger! https://t.co/julNf8GAft
“I’ve been bought and sold four times … the last one really cost me. I barely got hired back (by Albertsons).”—Darryl Ortega Los Angeles
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Senator Jacky Rosen was asked about how we lower grocery prices.
She laid out the need to go after corporations that jack up prices.
Rosen supports the FTC cracking down on Kroger and Albertsons, who want to form the biggest supermarket chain in the country and raise prices.
Families are struggling to put food on the table. I sent a letter to @Kroger about their decision to roll out surge pricing using facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology is often discriminatory and shouldn't be used in grocery stores to price gouge residents.
The answer is pretty simple, the stock buybacks enriched execs and investors, and a mega-merger with Albertsons would further enrich execs and investors. Sign the petition and tell Kroger to abandon their hubris ridden merger. https://t.co/wwNGy1f91I
Albertsons: The company is in desperate shape: If this merger is stopped we may have to close stores and lay off workers!
Also Albertsons:
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Colorado grocery workers rallied at Denver city hall on Monday against a proposed $24.6 billion merger between Kroger and Albertsons, as a two-week trial in the state’s antitrust case against the deal got underway inside. https://t.co/1IL3Nl2cuF
The Kroger Albertsons merger trial in Denver wrapped up it's first day with testimony from an Albertsons regional president and a rally in opposition of the deal outside the building. https://t.co/Qlg3OKzhqh
Colorado enforcers told a judge that Kroger's plan to inoculate against the anticompetitive effects of its $25 billion merger with Albertsons is doomed to fail because the company that would acquire hundreds of stores is a "liquidator." https://t.co/NyVv4ENfTU
Imagine if Safeway and King Soopers were one company. They could charge consumers more and pay workers less. And that's exactly what will happen if the Kroger-Albertsons merger goes through. That’s why we’re supporting efforts to stop the merger. https://t.co/kP1BC6NsR5