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Jan 11, 2023 Frank Cappello
On this week’s Lever Time Premium: David explores the ramifications of the potential Kroger/Albertsons merger; and we offer up another eye-opening edition of “One Thing.”
🎧 LEVER TIME: The Corporate Merger No One’s Talking About

Last October, grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons announced they planned to merge and become one of the largest grocery monopolies in the country. To learn what’s at stake, David Sirota is joined by journalist Moe Tkacik, who has been covering the story for months, and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who recently launched a multistate antitrust investigation into the potential merger (10:00).

A rough transcript of the episode is available here.

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