Peltola hosts town hall on Albertsons-Kroger merger

Peltola hosts town hall on Albertsons-Kroger merger

The Midtown Mall in Anchorage. Kroger, owner of the Fred Meyer chain, has proposed to buy Albertsons, which owns the Carrs stores. (Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media) An impending merger between two of the nation’s largest grocery chains has Alaska lawmakers worried about grocery options in the state. Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola hosted a virtual town hall on the subject Tuesday, taking the opportunity to get out in front of a hot-button…

Peltola holds town hall over massive grocery merger

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, held an over-the-phone town hall Tuesday where her constituents called in to voice concerns over a proposed Albertsons-Kroger merger, which would largely consolidate the majority of corporate-owned grocery stores in Alaska under a single company.