California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta thiab nws cov phooj ywg hauv ntau lub xeev tau thov rau hnub Wednesday tias Albertsons Cos ncua sijhawm them $ 4-billion nyiaj faib rau cov tub ua lag luam kom txog thaum tom qab lub tuam txhab kev sib koom ua ke nrog cov khw muag khoom sib tw Kroger Co. raug tshuaj xyuas los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Trade Commission.
Lub hlis no, Kroger nthuav tawm nws $ 20-billion twv yuav Albertsons - ib qho kev pom zoo uas yuav sib txuas ntau cov saw hlau nrog rau muaj nyob rau yav qab teb California, ntawm lawv Ralphs, Pavilions thiab Vons. Raws li ib feem ntawm tsab ntawv tshaj tawm Lub Kaum Hli 14, Cincinnati-based Kroger tau hais tias Albertsons yuav them nyiaj tshwj xeeb nyiaj faib txog li $ 4 nphom rau cov tswv cuab ntawm cov ntaub ntawv Lub Kaum Hli 24. Nws tau teem sijhawm yuav them rau Kaum Ib Hlis 7.
Qhov muaj peev xwm ua ke ntawm ob txoj saw hlau tuaj raws li cov nqi khoom noj tau nce siab thaum nce nyiaj nce. Qhov kev sib koom ua ke tau ua rau muaj kev thuam hnyav, suav nrog los ntawm United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 hauv Los Angeles, uas sawv cev rau 20,000-ntxiv cov tswv cuab. Hnub Saturday, Lub Zos 770 tau tshaj tawm ib nqe lus tawm tsam cov nyiaj faib thiab hu xov tooj rau cov neeg ua haujlwm raug xaiv thiab cov tswj hwm kom txwv Albertsons cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm, uas nws tau hais tias yuav ua rau "kev nqis peev ntawm lub tuam txhab thaum lub sijhawm cov neeg siv khoom tab tom ntsib kev nce nqi."
Hnub Wednesday, Bonta thiab tus kws lij choj ntawm Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Washington thiab District of Columbia tau sau rau hauv tsab ntawv mus rau cov tuam txhab cov thawj coj hais tias lawv tau mob siab rau kom ntseeg tau tias qhov kev npaj sib koom ua ke "tsis ua rau tus nqi siab dua rau cov neeg siv khoom, txwv cov nyiaj ua haujlwm rau cov neeg ua haujlwm lossis lwm yam teebmeem kev sib tw."
Kev ceeb toom tias Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons raug cai yuav tsum tau txuas ntxiv sib tw nrog Kroger thaum kev sib koom ua ke yuav raug rau lub xeev thiab tsoomfwv kev tshuaj xyuas, tus kws lij choj tau sau tias "kev them nyiaj faib ntawm qhov loj me no yuav cuam tshuam nws lub peev xwm kom muaj txiaj ntsig" ua li ntawd.
Nug txog tsab ntawv, tus cev lus rau Albertsons, uas muaj 2,273 lub khw, tau hais hauv nqe lus hais tias lub tuam txhab yuav "txuas ntxiv kom tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo nrog cov nuj nqis qis thiab cov nyiaj tsis muaj zog" tom qab them nyiaj faib.
"Peb txoj kev npaj ua ke nrog Kroger yuav muab cov txiaj ntsig tseem ceeb rau cov neeg siv khoom, cov neeg koom tes thiab cov zej zog thiab muab lwm txoj hauv kev rau cov neeg sib tw loj dua thiab tsis yog koom nrog," said Albertsons, uas muaj ntau lub khw muag khoom noj, suav nrog Vons thiab Pavilions khw hauv California.
Kroger, uas ua haujlwm 2,800 lub khw muag khoom sawv cev ntau dua li ob lub khw muag khoom - suav nrog Ralphs - tsis tau teb tam sim ntawd rau kev thov tawm tswv yim.
Southern California, lub teb chaws lub khw loj tshaj plaws rau khoom noj khoom haus, tej zaum yuav hnov qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm Kroger thiab nws cov neeg sib tw me me hauv txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb. Nrog rau lub qhov muag rau kev kov yeej cov teeb meem kev nom kev tswv thiab kev tswj hwm, cov khw muag khoom noj tau hais tias lawv yuav thim qee lub khw muag khoom. Txog li 375 qhov chaw Albertsons yuav raug spun tawm mus rau hauv ib lub tuam txhab kev lag luam sib txawv, Kroger tau hais rau Lub Kaum Hli 14.
Bonta thiab nws cov phooj ywg tau muab Albertsons rau lub Kaum Hlis 28 lub sijhawm kawg rau kev qhia rau cov kws lij choj hais txog seb nws puas npaj siab tshem tawm cov nyiaj faib thiab ncua kev them nyiaj li cas mus txog thaum tom qab kev tswj xyuas tiav thiab qhov kev txiav txim kaw.
Yog tias pom zoo, qhov kev sib pauv yuav tsum kaw thaum ntxov 2024, Kroger yav dhau los tau hais.
Shares ntawm ob lub tuam txhab, uas pauv ntawm New York Tshuag Txauv, muaj hnub nyob ntsiag to ntawm Wall Street. Kroger cov khoom lag luam kaw ntawm $ 45.44, nce txog 1.5% nyob rau hnub, thaum cov shares ntawm Albertsons poob 1.3% rau $ 20.43.
Zaj dab neeg no thaum chiv thawj tshwm sim hauv Los Angeles Times.
Tau qhov twg los: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-attorney-general-demands-albertsons-214744073.html