Kroger thiab Albertsons cov thawj coj tiv thaiv kev sib koom ua ke ntawm lub rooj sib hais

Kev sib ntaus sib tua dua seb cov khoom noj loj heev Kroger thiab Albertsons yuav tsum tau tso cai rau ua ke yog cua sov.

Hnub Tuesday, cov thawj coj ntawm ob lub tuam txhab tiv thaiv lawv txoj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm lub rooj sib hais plaub hauv Washington, qhov chaw lawv tau ntsib ntau cov lus nug txog yuav ua li cas qhov kev pom zoo tuaj yeem cuam tshuam qhov kev sib tw - thiab tej zaum cov nqi uas cov neeg siv khoom them ntawm lub khw.

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"Kuv tsuas yog tsis pom kev sib tw tsawg dua mus tom ntej," Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen tau hais hauv lub rooj sib hais los ntawm Senate Judiciary Subcommittee ntawm Txoj Cai Sib Tw, Kev Tiv Thaiv, thiab Cov Neeg Siv Khoom. "Nws yooj yim rau cov neeg siv khoom tig sab xis lossis tig sab laug."

Kroger tshaj tawm cov phiaj xwm thaum Lub Kaum Hli kom tau Albertsons nyob rau hauv ib tug deal muaj nqis ntawm $24.6 billion. Cincinnati-based tuam txhab yog tus thib ob-loj tshaj cov khoom noj los ntawm kev lag luam hauv Tebchaws Meskas, tom qab Walmart, thiab Albertsons yog plaub, tom qab Costco, raws li tus kws tshawb fawb kev lag luam Numerator. Ua ke, Kroger thiab Albertsons yuav yog qhov thib ob ze rau Walmart.

Thaum lub rooj sib hais Tuesday, McMullen tau hais tias lub tuam txhab ua ke tuaj yeem pab txo tus nqi khoom noj thiab txhim kho cov neeg siv khoom, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau lub sijhawm thaum cov khw muag khoom sib tw los hloov pauv xws li kev yuav khoom hauv online. Nws hais tias cov khw muag khoom yuav tsum ua kom rov tsim kho lawv tus kheej kom nyob twj ywm thiab txhawb kom cov neeg siv khoom tsav tsheb mus rau lawv lub khw.

Txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev thov sib koom ua ke tau ntsib kev cuam tshuam hnyav los ntawm cov thawj coj xaiv tsa ntawm ob tog nom tswv thiab kev tawm tsam los ntawm United Food and Commercial Workers, lub koom haum khoom noj loj uas sawv cev rau ntau txhiab tus neeg ua haujlwm muag khoom noj.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, uas yog Democrat ntawm Minnesota, tau coj lub rooj sib hais hnub Tuesday nrog rau Sen. Mike Lee, uas yog Republican los ntawm Utah. Ob leeg tau tawm tsam cov tuam txhab ntawm lawv qhov kev nqis tes ua, suav nrog Kroger $ 1 nphom hauv kev sib koom ua lag luam tau tshaj tawm xyoo tas los thiab npaj yuav them cov nyiaj faib rau cov tswv lag luam nrog rau cov kev cog lus yav dhau los, xws li Albertsons qhov tau txais Safeway.

Lawv tau hais ntxiv tias qhov kev pom zoo los ntawm lub sijhawm thaum cov khoom noj khoom haus tau txais ntau dua ntawm cov tsev neeg Asmeskas cov peev nyiaj. Cov nqi khoom noj tau nce siab raws li kev nce nqi hovers ze li plaub-xyoo caum highs. Tus nqi ntawm cov khoom txhua hnub, suav nrog butter, qe, nqaij qaib thiab mis nyuj muaj dhia los ntawm ob tug lej los ntawm lub xyoo dhau los raws li lub Kaum Hlis, raws li cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb tshaj plaws uas muaj nyob hauv tsoomfwv.

Lub rooj sib hais muab saib ua ntej ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua loj dua tom ntej.

Rau Kroger thiab Albertsons, qhov kev sib cav yog qhov tseeb: kev sib txuas yuav pab lawv huab cua hloov pauv kev lag luam. Cov khw muag khoom noj hauv online tau noj rau hauv cov npoo nyias nyias. Cov neeg ua si tshiab, xws li cov neeg txo qis qis xws li Aldi thiab e-lag luam cov neeg ua si zoo li Amazon, kuj tseem ceeb rau cov khw muag khoom noj.

Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran tau hais tias "Lub khw muag khoom noj hauv kaum xyoo dhau los tau hloov pauv tag nrho ua rau kev sib tw rau cov neeg siv khoom hnyav," Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran tau hais hauv lub rooj sib hais. "Txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj los sib tw nrog cov khw muag khoom loj xws li Walmart thiab cov tuam txhab lag luam hauv online zoo li Amazon yuav dhau los ntawm kev sib koom ua ke nrog Kroger."

Nws tau sib cav tias txawm tias yog ib lub tuam txhab ua ke, Kroger thiab Albertsons tseem yuav me me piv rau Walmart, Costco thiab Amazon.

Ua ntej lub rooj sib hais, cov tswv cuab ntawm UCFW - uas sawv cev rau ntau dua 100,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm Kroger thiab Albertsons - tau qhia lawv cov kev txhawj xeeb ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm ntawm Capitol Hill. Lawv cov kev txhawj xeeb muaj los ntawm qhov muaj peev xwm poob ntawm lawv cov phiaj xwm nyiaj laus mus rau cov nqi khoom noj ntau dua rau kev poob haujlwm.

Albertsons cov neeg ua haujlwm uas koom nrog lub koomhaum tau nco txog qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev sib koom ua ke yav dhau los. Judy Wood, tus tsim lub ncuav mog qab zib ntev ntev rau lub khw muag khoom loj, hais tias nws thiab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tau xav tsis thoob los ntawm kev kaw lub khw uas tau tshwm sim tom qab Safeway kev koom ua ke nrog Albertsons, uas tau tshaj tawm xyoo 2014.

Cov tswvcuab hauv koomhaum kuj tau tawm tsam cov tuam txhab kev ncaj ncees ntiag tug uas yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev thov $ 4 ib feem tshwj xeeb nyiaj faib rau Albertsons cov tswv lag luam tshaj tawm nrog rau qhov kev pom zoo. Cerberus Capital Management muaj 28.4% feem pua ​​​​ntawm Albertsons, raws li Factset. Txog tam sim no, cov nyiaj faib nyiaj tau raug kaw kom txog thaum kawg Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 9 vim yog kev txiav txim siab hauv Washington xeev lub tsev hais plaub.

McMullen tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias lub tuam txhab tsis npaj yuav kaw cov khw muag khoom lossis tso tawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, tab sis hais tias nws yuav ua haujlwm nrog Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Trade Commission, yog tias xav tau, txhawm rau tig tawm lub khw muag khoom vim muaj kev sib tw.

Raws li ib feem ntawm nws thawj qhov kev thov, Kroger tau hais nws twb muaj ib txoj hau kev los daws kev txhawj xeeb txog kev sib koom ua ke - divesting ntawm 100 thiab 375 khw muag khoom nyob rau hauv ib tug spinoff. Kroger thiab Albertsons yuav ua haujlwm ua ke - thiab nrog FTC - los txiav txim siab lub khw twg yuav yog ib feem ntawm lub tuam txhab spinoff.

Hnub Tuesday, McMullen tau hais tias lub tuam txhab nyob rau hauv "kev sib tham nquag" nrog cov koom haum txog kev cog lus thiab nws txhais li cas rau nws cov neeg ua haujlwm. Nws hais tias qhov kev pom zoo yuav kawg nthuav dav rau cov neeg ua haujlwm. Kroger tseem yuav siv nyiaj $ 1 nphom rau cov nyiaj ua haujlwm siab dua thiab cov txiaj ntsig zoo dua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv khw tom qab kaw, nws hais.

Nws tau hais tias "Kev lag luam ua tiav yog qhov tsim nws txoj haujlwm ruaj ntseg," nws hais. "Thiab peb ntseeg tias peb yuav muaj kev lag luam ua tiav zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim kev nyab xeeb rau txoj haujlwm."

Qee tus neeg sib tw khoom noj khoom haus thiab cov kws tshaj lij kev lag luam kuj tawm tsam qhov kev pom zoo ntawm lub rooj sib hais.

Michael Needler, tus thawj coj ntawm Fresh Encounter, ib lub khw muag khoom noj ywj pheej raws li Northwest Ohio, hais tias cov tuam txhab xws li Walmart thiab Amazon siv lawv qhov loj los ua kom cov neeg muag khoom qis dua thiab cov ntsiab lus zoo dua. Hloov chaw ntawm kev tsim ib qho chaw ua si, nws tau hais tias, Kroger-Albertsons deal yuav tsim tau lwm tus neeg siv hluav taws xob uas ua rau nws nyuaj - yog tias tsis muaj peev xwm - rau cov khw muag khoom me me los sib tw.

Piv txwv li, nws hais tias, cov khw muag khoom loj dua tau khiav tawm tsam kev tawm tsam tawm tsam nws tus kheej cov saw los ntawm muab daim coupon rau khoom noj dawb.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tsis paub lwm txoj hauv kev los taw qhia tus nqi twv txiaj dua li kev yuav koj qhov kev sib tw," nws hais.

Sumit Sharma, tus kws tshawb fawb laus uas tshwj xeeb hauv kev tiv thaiv kev ntseeg siab thiab kev sib tw ntawm Consumer Reports, kuj tau hais hauv lub rooj sib hais tias nws tsis pom muaj txiaj ntsig rau kev sib txuas cov tuam txhab. Hloov chaw, nws hais tias cov khw muag khoom yuav muaj tsawg dua vim li cas thiaj li nce nyiaj ua haujlwm rau cov neeg ua haujlwm. Cov neeg yuav khoom yuav muaj kev xaiv tsawg dua thiab ntau daim ntawv nplaum.

"Txawm tias lawv muag ob peb lub khw, qhov ntawd yuav ua rau muaj kev sib tw tawm ntawm kev ua lag luam," nws hais. "Yog li cov nqi yuav nce."

CNBC's Amelia Lus contributed rau daim ntawv no.