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This isn’t your run of the mill grocery store merger
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 794

This isn’t your run of the mill grocery store merger

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We're talking about the Kroeger-Albertsons deal.

One of the largest supermarket chains in the country wants to eat its competition. Today, Kroger announced a deal to buy Albertsons. Guest host Sabri Ben-Achour talks about what it might mean for your grocery bill and the food delivery industry. Plus, what we know about Germany’s decision to buy natural gas from Russia months before the invasion of Ukraine. And we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

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Marissa Cabrera Senior Producer
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