Kroger txoj kev npaj rau tau txais supermarket rival Albertsons nyob rau hauv ze li ntawm $ 25 billion deal yuav tsim ib lub khw muag khoom noj juggernaut nrog ntau tshaj 4,500 lub khw hauv 48 lub xeev.
Hnub Friday, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen hais rau Cincinnati Enquirer, ib feem ntawm Tebchaws USA TODAY Network, qhov nws xav tias qhov kev cog lus yuav ua rau cov neeg yuav khoom, cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab Cincinnati. Nov yog cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb:
Kroger-Albertsons yuav cuam tshuam li cas rau cov neeg yuav khoom thiab cov khoom ntawm lub khw muag khoom?
McMullen: "Kev txuag nyiaj ntau ntawm cov saw hlau yuav pab txhim kho cov khoom tshiab vim tias peb yuav muaj cov tsev khaws khoom nyob ze rau cov khw muag khoom thiab koj yuav tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ib hnub lossis ob hnub tawm ntawm lub voj voog rau cov khoom tshiab thiab. … Thaum kuv saib lawv (Albertsons 'cov ntawv ntiag tug) cov npe, lawv tau ua haujlwm zoo. … Ntawm ob lub tuam txhab, peb muaj cov ntaub ntawv zoo heev. "
Nws hais tias Kroger kawm Albertsons 'O Organics lub tsev hom thaum nws tsim nws tus kheej SimpleTruth daim ntawv lo uas tam sim no yog $ 3 billion hom. Cov ntawv ntiag tug lossis cov npe hauv tsev yuav tsum yog cov cuab yeej tseem ceeb hauv kev nyiam thiab khaws cov neeg siv khoom raws li ntau tus neeg yuav khoom tig mus rau cov khw muag khoom lag luam kom them tus nqi ntawm kev nce nqi. Ua ke, Kroger thiab Albertsons muag $ 43 nphom hauv cov khoom lag luam ntiag tug ib xyoos.
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Qhov no yuav cuam tshuam li cas rau cov neeg siv khoom?
McMullen: “Kuv xav kom (qhov cuam tshuam) yuav tsum muaj tsawg heev. Qhov uas nws yuav tso cai rau peb ua yog pom tseeb loj-scale. Peb yuav muaj peev xwm txuas ntxiv nqis peev hauv peb cov neeg koom tes ntawm kev them nyiaj thiab nqis peev rau cov neeg siv khoom ntawm tus nqi. … Kuv paub tseeb tias peb yuav kawm los ntawm ib leeg. Peb yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm qhov ntawd. "
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Kroger tau txais dab tsi los ntawm kev coj Albertsons?
McMullen: "Nws muab peb lub teb chaws, thiab peb yuav muaj peev xwm siv thev naus laus zis thiab lwm yam (siv qhov ntawd) loj dua. … (Txawm hais tias) lawv khiav cov khw me me zoo dua li Kroger ua. "
Ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm qhov kev thov rov hais dua yog nws yog "ua tiav" lossis "bolt-on" tau txais. Nws feem ntau nthuav Kroger mus rau thaj chaw uas nws muaj nyias nyias lossis qhov twg Kroger tsis nyob.
Dhau li ntawm Kroger cov khw muag khoom, Cincinnati-based khw muag khoom ua haujlwm ntau lub khw muag khoom hauv cheeb tsam hauv 35 lub xeev, suav nrog Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Mariano's, Fry's, Smith's, King Soopers, QFC thiab lwm yam. Lub tuam txhab muaj ze li ntawm 2,800 lub khw muag khoom thiab ntiav 420,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm. Qhov kev pom zoo yuav ntxiv Albertsons, Acme, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaws thiab lwm lub npe hauv cheeb tsam. Nws yuav muab Kroger cov khw muag khoom hauv tsib lub xeev New England, New York thiab Pennsylvania, thiab lwm yam.
Puas yuav txiav txoj haujlwm yog ib feem ntawm $ 1 nphom hauv cov nqi txuag cov tuam txhab ua ke tab tom nrhiav?
McMullen: “Peb yeej tsis xav tias nws yuav yog… peb tsis xav tias yuav khaws cia rau ntawd. … Sij hawm dhau mus, peb tau loj hlob tuaj, nws tau mus rau lwm txoj hauv kev uas peb xav tau neeg ntxiv. "
Thaum Kroger cia siab tias yuav txiav $ 1 nphom hauv kev siv nyiaj ua haujlwm sib koom ua ke, feem ntau ntawm qhov xav tau los ntawm kev txhim kho cov khoom siv (yuav lub zog) thiab kev tsim khoom thiab kev faib tawm ntau dua. Hauv kev nrhiav tau ntxiv, yuav muaj tsawg dua kev sib tshooj thiab ua haujlwm tsawg dua. Txawm li cas los xij, ntau txhiab tus neeg koom tes yuav tsis koom nrog Kroger vim tias muaj peev xwm ntau pua lub khw muag khoom yuav raug spun tawm los ua kom muaj kev tiv thaiv kev ntseeg siab ntawm cov tswj hwm.
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McMullen: "Ob lub tuam txhab muaj cov kws tshaj lij pab tswv yim pab peb nkag siab FTC (tus tswj hwm kev tswj hwm ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Trade Commission). … Lawv yeej saib nws (ua lag luam qhia) 3-mais lub voj voog los ntawm 3-mais lub voj voog. … Yog li peb yuav zaum nrog FTC thiab mus dhau nws lub khw los ntawm kev ua lag luam. "
Qhov kev pom zoo tsis xav tias yuav kaw kom txog rau thaum ntxov 2024 tom qab kev tswj hwm thiab kev tshuaj xyuas tsis txaus ntseeg. Txhawm rau mollify cov tswj hwm, 100 mus rau 375 lub khw Albertsons yuav tsum tau muab tso rau hauv ib lub tuam txhab cais uas yuav los ntawm Albertsons cov tswv cuab.
Rau qhov tseeb ntawm Kroger, P&G, Fifth Thib Peb Lub Tuam Txhab thiab Cincinnati lag luam, ua raws @alexcoolidge On Twitter.
Tsab ntawv xov xwm no tau tshwm sim hauv Cincinnati Enquirer: Albertsons yuav cuam tshuam li cas rau cov neeg yuav khoom? Qhov Kroger CEO hais
Tau qhov twg los: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-kroger-buying-albertsons-affect-193226247.html