OT Kroger Merging With Albertson's

[ABM]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/business/kroger-albertsons-merger/index.html

Kroger announces deal to merge with Albertsons to form a mega grocery chain

Kroger announced it’s merging with Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal, creating one of the largest grocery store chains in the United States with nearly 5,000 stores when combined.

“The combination creates a premier seamless ecosystem across 48 states and the District of Columbia, providing customers with a best-in-class shopping experience across both stores and digital channels,” Kroger said in a press release.

The merged company will give it greater scale to compete against Amazon, Costco, Walmart and smaller grocery store rivals. Traditional grocery store chains are losing market share to lower-priced companies, such as Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Grocery Outlet because of stubbornly high inflation and rising costs.........

 

[bigbailes]

Don't have either of those down here, sadly it's only Walmart and the Texas cult chain HEB.

 

[donkiez]

So near my house we have a Fred Meyer, Safeway and Albertsons. Now they are all the same company?

 

[theprunetang]

I pretty much get all my groceries from Aldi.

 

[tlongII]

So near my house we have a Fred Meyer, Safeway and Albertsons. Now they are all the same company?

Yep.

 

[tlongII]

I get most of my groceries from Walmart. They usually have the best prices.

 

[bigbailes]

I get most of my groceries from Walmart. They usually have the best prices.

Hate their produce and meat quality

 

[Phatguysrule]

So near my house we have a Fred Meyer, Safeway and Albertsons. Now they are all the same company?

This is all we have in Oregon City. A Fred Meyer, an Albertsons, and a Safeway.

This can't be good.

 

[donkiez]

We order just about everything for delivery these days anyway. Amazon groceries to my doorstep. Doordash if I need it now.

 

[tlongII]

Hate their produce and meat quality

Agreed on their meat. I go to a butcher shop if I want good stuff.

 

[Phatguysrule]

We order just about everything for delivery these days anyway. Amazon groceries to my doorstep. Doordash if I need it now.

Good point. I have done Walmart groceries, but not Amazon.

 

[donkiez]

Good point. I have done Walmart groceries, but not Amazon.

Amazon is great. We also do Butcher Box for meat which is pretty good. Thing I like about butcher box is that you buy stuff you normally wouldnt, like we get a few filets every delivery but at the store I would never buy them. Throw in a few rib eyes, some wings, a flank stake, and a few lbs of ground beef l, ect and your set for the month. We still get chicken breasts from Costco but that's about it.

Even got the Thanksgiving turkey delivered from them already

 

[ABM]

Don't have either of those down here, sadly it's only Walmart and the Texas cult chain HEB.

Hey, have you ever been in a Buc-ee's? I was just in one (in Alabama) a few weeks ago. Amazing.

 

[ABM]

Agreed on their meat. I go to a butcher shop if I want good stuff.

Costco has good meats. Much of it is USDA Prime. They have the best briskets that I've found.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Fuck that merger bullshit. Safeway sucks after their merger with Albertsons. Staffing, store cleanliness, it's all noticeably worse. All this will do is cut competition and raise prices.

 

[bigbailes]

Hey, have you ever been in a Buc-ee's? I was just in one (in Alabama) a few weeks ago. Amazing.

Buc-ees is one of the few Texas cultish things that I think is actually worth it. Those places are amazing and massive. The one between SA and Austin was the largest in the chain for quite awhile but I think it's been taken over as they migrate east. Good food, good drinks, just about any snack you can think of, and most importantly for a gas station/convenience store the cleanest restrooms I've ever seen at one of these establishments.

 

[ABM]

Fuck that merger bullshit. Safeway sucks after their merger with Albertsons. Staffing, store cleanliness, it's all noticeably worse. All this will do is cut competition and raise prices.

Kroger is a good store chain. It's actually being reported that Kroger acquired Albertson's.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/14/kroger-agrees-to-buy-albertsons-for-24point6-billion.html

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Fuck that merger bullshit. Safeway sucks after their merger with Albertsons. Staffing, store cleanliness, it's all noticeably worse. All this will do is cut competition and raise prices.

I already never shop at Fred Meyer or Safeway. This will just make me not shop there even more.

WINCO FTW.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I already never shop at Fred Meyer or Safeway. This will just make me not shop there even more.

WINCO FTW.

We shop at Winco a lot. Their meat isn't the greatest but everything else is good.

 

[ABM]

We shop at Winco a lot. Their meat isn't the greatest but everything else is good.

I've always appreciated the fact that Winco is an employee-owned company.

They have a decent bulk section. BLAZER PROPHET'S wife buys a teaspoon of this and a Tablespoon of that for her various weekly menus. They're like clockwork in there every Sunday after church.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Their produce sucks.

I don't know what that is.

 

[ABM]

Tell him she can buy a bottle of whatever she needs so she doesn't need a teaspoon of this or a tablespoon of that every week.

I have. Apparently, they don't have the cupboard space. *shrug*

 

[Shaboid]

I prefer Roth's. Their made to order deli is great, so is their produce and meat selection. Try the porketta and thank me later.

When I have children down the road I'm sure I'll start looking for cost saving options, but for now, they're hard to beat.

 

[Shaboid]

But it is in Salem......

Just kidding. Kinda.

I used to work in Salem sometimes and one thing I never understood was Salem people thinking they lived in paradise compared to Portland.

Odd. I've never heard anybody say that. It's different for sure, but okay. This isn't a thread about Salem vs. Portland.

Compare it to New Seasons, Market of Choice, or Zupan's or something.

 

[Shaboid]

I mean if you want to go there, technically it is about Kroger merging with Albertsons.

Lets move the other grocery stores to a new thread because things never go off topic.

I was talking about grocery stores, which was on topic. You brought up something totally different. Not trying to argue with a cat about something irrelevant this morning. I already scooped a litter box.

 

[Shaboid]

You talked about a grocery store that was in Salem. I am unaware of that store so I googled where it was. In Salem.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Kroger is Ralphs down here and its terrible. Even the nice "Fresh Faire" versions aren't that good. They do have Murray's Cheese Shop mini-store in some of them.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Zupan’s for all the good stuff you can’t get at Fred’s, Safeway, etc. Outstanding meat, produce and deli departments. Pricey but worth it.

 

[barfo]

Don't have either of those down here, sadly it's only Walmart and the Texas cult chain HEB.

HEB is superior to Freds, Safeway, and Albertsons.

And the B stands for Butt!

barfo