Kroger made final arguments for merger with Albertsons. Albertsons owns Safeway so now Kroger meglo corp international gmblz will be the largest grocery business in the usa. Kroger will own Alberstsons, Jewel-Osco, Safeway, Dillons, Food-4-Less, Fred Myers, Frys, Harris Teeter, Home Chef, King Soopers, Mariano’s, QFC, Ralphs, Roundy’s, JayC, Smiths and Vitacost.
Aldi is German owned. They own trader joes and recently bought Winn-Dixie & Harveys making them second largest food meglo corp
In 2024, Trader Joe’s joined SpaceX in a lawsuit to have the National Labor Relations Board, which enforces U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices, deemed unconstitutional.
They still most likely need to win all three antitrust cases for it to happen, have no idea how likely that is, I guess it depends on the judges. This article states it like it already happened, which if I’m not mistaken, has not happened yet.