Kroger Invests $1B in Antitrust Defense.

2 years ago by 101 to c/news

"Consumers would be better served if companies could spend more time on improving their services and less on fending off litigation." ~Noah C. Gould
schizo 179 points 2 years ago

So maybe it's just me, but if you have to make promises of spending a billion dollars so that the government will let you buy your next biggest competitor, perhaps you're already too damn big and don't need to be gobbling up your entire industry?

Like I said, just a thought.

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JoshuaFalken -12 points 2 years ago

Pretty big thought you've got there.

Have you considered joining forces with another influential thought leader such as @oakey66@lemm.ee? Together you could better serve the commenting community across the platform.

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girlfreddy 5 points 2 years ago

Pretty small effort you've put in there.

Have you considered migrating over to X where it seems you'd fit in better?

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JoshuaFalken 4 points 2 years ago

Damn, no one got the joke about the two top commenters in the thread becoming the same entity?

Oh well, it was pretty low effort.

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oakey66 67 points 2 years ago

The definition of having too much influence.

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cAUzapNEAGLb 39 points 2 years ago

Fuck Kroger

They killed Lucky's. It was the best damn grocery store I've ever had. It had such potential.

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circuitfarmer 25 points 2 years ago

We sorely need some politicians who are not bought and paid for in this country. The amount of deregulated bullshit, or regulations not being upheld, is too damn high.

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originalucifer 25 points 2 years ago

revolting proof that the bigger the organization, the less responsibility to humanity it contains. money over humans. gross

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Beaver 23 points 2 years ago

The court needs to go down hard on Kroger

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boatswain 21 points 2 years ago

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'm sure they'll go down on them all night long.

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LrdThndr 9 points 2 years ago

Sucking corporate dick is the one thing the courts do best, so I can basically promise you’ll get your wish.

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Cosmonauticus 21 points 2 years ago

Irrelevant to the discussion but Kroger fucking sucks as a grocery store in general. I think I'd rather go to Walmart than Kroger

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whodatdair 19 points 2 years ago

Their onions are often rotten inside despite the outside looking fine. There’s a local Korean market near stocks local produce as well and it’s always way better. Kroger has reached the “line must go up” enshittification point, it seems.

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socphoenix 1 point 2 years ago

Walmart consistently saves me $10 per grocery trip at a minimum and their vegetables are fresher!

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bec 9 points 2 years ago

I don’t see any concrete promise made, much less any penalty holding them to a concrete promise.

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UnderpantsWeevil 8 points 2 years ago

Explains why their storefronts have gone to absolute shit.

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Kidding_me 1 point 2 years ago

$800 million spent in merger fees, they are almost at their $1billuon investment into "lowering prices"

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