LAKEWOOD, Calif. — Southern California grocery workers and community supporters held a rally Thursday at a Ralphs grocery in Lakewood to oppose the planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons.
The plan is facing increasing opposition from workers who say it will reduce competition, shutter neighborhood grocery stores, hike food prices and put more than 5,700 employees out of work.
Under the proposed agreement, Cincinnati-based Kroger would acquire Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons in a transaction that would join the nation’s two largest supermarket retailers.
