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Kroger-Albertsons Deal Is Haunted by ‘Spectacular’ Past Failure
A former Albertsons grocery store in Canoga Park, CA in 2009. Photographer: Michael Robinson Chavez/Getty Images The largest US supermarket deal ever would spin off 579 stores, but critics warn of repeating a decade-old divestiture that left shoppers …