In Washington State, the proposed grocery merger between Alberts and Kroger's would have raised grocery prices for consumers by 5% in Albertson stores and 8% in Kroger stores. This would have resulted in my state consumers paying around $800 million more in higher grocery prices. Thankfully, the merger was blocked by the Washington Attorney General and the ftc. And I will note that in all of this information, the Kroger people even admitted, yes, we've raised these prices and we kept them high. (05:41–05:49)
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Asserts that the merger would have cost Washington State consumers $800 million more.
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