Kroger says it would sell more stores to gain FTC approval in bid for Albertsons
Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. agreed to divest more stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, seeking to make their planned $24.6 billion merger more appealing to antitrust authorities. The supermarket chains had agreed in September to sell 413 locations to C&S and have boosted the figure to 579,