Kroger Just Struck a $1.65 Billion Deal to Buy a Family-Owned Grocery Chain. Experts Are Already Sounding the Alarm

By Amaya Nichole Source: Inc. Nearly two years after its $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons collapsed in court, Kroger is attempting to buy another grocery chain. The grocery giant announced this week a definitive agreement to acquire Giant Eagle, a family-owned grocery and pharmacy chain with approximately $9 billion in [...]

2026-07-02T09:52:23-07:00July 1st, 2026|Tags: , , |
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Unionized workers at Giant Eagle stores ratify new four-year contract

By Lauren Rosenblatt Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Unionized workers at 35 corporate-owned Giant Eagle supermarket locations in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia have ratified a four-year contract. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, which represents workers in the food and retail industries, announced Monday that union members ratified the [...]

2021-07-26T19:43:54-07:00July 26th, 2021|Tags: , |
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