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Supermarket supermerger

Today, Explained

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The FTC and the Department of Justice Have Embraced This Philosophy

The FTC has analyzed every big supermarket merger for the last 40 years or so. The agencies have allowed those if emerging companies can propose what we call a divestiture. These so-called fixes, these divestitures often fail and they often do not replace the competition that is lost in these deals.

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