Eric Fruits on Competitive Grocery Pricing

Supermarket News – ICLE Senior Scholar Eric Fruits was cited by Supermarket News in an item about a recent podcast he recorded on the proposed merger of supermarkets Kroger and Albertsons. You can read full piece here.

But what if grocery prices remained competitive after the merger and a minimal number of jobs were lost? It most likely will happen, according to Eric Fruits, senior scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics. Fruits is the co-author of the white paper titled, “Food-Retail Competition, Antitrust Law, and the Kroger/Albertsons Merger.”

In the latest episode of SN Off the Shelf, Supermarket News Senior Editor Bill Wilson talks with Fruits about the Kroger, Albertsons merger which, according to Fruits, enough has been done to satisfy the parameters of a fair deal.