WATCH: Hearing on proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons

WASHINGTON D.C. (KKTV) - On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary/competition policy, antitrust subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, the largest and second largest supermarket chains in the U.S.

WATCH at the top of this article.

Speakers included:

• Rodney McMullen, chairman and CEO, Kroger Co.
• Vivek Sankaran, president and CEO, Albertsons Companies, Inc.
• Sumit Sharma, Consumer Reports
• Andrew Sweeting, professor and chair, University of Maryland’s Department of Economics
• Michael Needler Jr., CEO, Fresh Encounter

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