Kroger 明かすs $24.6 bn 取引，協定 to create supermarket 巨大（な）
Kroger and Albertsons 明かすd a $24.6 mn 合併, but the 取引，協定 直面するs likely regulatory scrutiny
Grocery chain Kroger will acquire smaller 競争相手 Albertsons in a $24.6 billion 処理／取引 発表するd Friday that would create a supermarket 巨大（な） but could 直面する 堅い regulatory scrutiny.
The 処理／取引, which 部隊s two companies with some 710,000 従業員s and 5,000 蓄える／店s in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, 目的（とする）s to take advantage of economies of 規模 to compete more 効果的に with 巨大（な）s like Walmart and アマゾン.
But 株 of both companies fell Friday as 分析家s 警告を与えるd that the 処理／取引 could 直面する a 堅い once-over from Biden 行政 regulators, who have 可決する・採択するd a skeptical approach to large 合併s.
In this 事例／患者, both Kroger and Albertsons are 消費者-直面するing companies. The 取引，協定 also comes as the US economy 競うs with grinding インフレーション.
In 部隊ing, the two companies would have a 連合させるd 顧客 base of about 85 million 世帯s, 上げるing its 消費者 data holdings and enabling some $1 billion in 年次の cost 貯金, (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs said on a 会議／協議会 call with 分析家s.
These 含む "synergies" through 改善するd sourcing, 供給（する） chain efficiencies and 行政の 貯金, said Kroger 長，指導者 財政上の Officer Gary Millerchip.
The companies 誓約（する）d that the 貯金 would enable them to "投資する in lowering prices for 顧客s," they said in a 圧力（をかける） 解放（する）.
But Morningstar 分析家 Zain Akbari 予報するd that the overlap between the companies in many markets would lead "regulators to scrutinize a 処理／取引 closely," he said in a 公式文書，認める earlier this week に引き続いて 報告（する）／憶測s of 合併 会談.
To 演説（する）／住所 that 問題／発行する, Albertsons 計画（する）s to spin off between 100 and 375 stories as a standalone public company 事前の to the 取引，協定's の近くにing.
This would create a "new, agile competitor" to the new Kroger, with a strong balance sheet and "experienced" 管理／経営, Kroger and Albertsons said in a news 解放（する）.
That 処理／取引 is 推定する／予想するd to lower the 取引，協定 cost by up to $4 billion to Kroger, the companies said.
近づく 1500 GMT, 株 of Albertsons were 負かす／撃墜する 7.1 パーセント at $26.59, while Kroger was 負かす／撃墜する 3.2 パーセント at $45.06.
