Plans to merge two of the biggest U.S. supermarket chains could blunt grocery-store workers’ bargaining power and lower their wages, according to a new analysis from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Kroger KR, which bills itself as the country’s largest grocer, announced in October that it would acquire the grocery chain Albertsons ACI in a proposed $24.6 billion merger that would “expand customer reach and improve proximity to deliver fresh and affordable food to approximately 85 million households with a premier…
