Your grocery store could change hands soon
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Fifteen QFC and Safeway stores in Seattle could soon be under new management thanks to a proposed merger between Safeway parent company Albertsons and Kroger, which owns QFC.
The announcement sparked plenty of questions about what would happen to the stores, if any would close, and what changes customers could see.
Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts is here to get into the details with us.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
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| 0:29.0 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. If a proposed deal |
| 0:35.8 | goes through 15 QFC and Safeway stores in Seattle could soon be |
| 0:40.7 | under new management, it's all part of a proposed merger between the two parent companies, and if it |
| 0:46.3 | happens, it could have big ripple effects on the city's grocery landscape. Seattle Times business |
| 0:51.9 | reporter Paul Roberts is here to help us wade through the latest. |
| 0:55.0 | But first, here's what's coming up this week. |
| 0:58.0 | Experts say the COVID variants circulating right now are highly contagious. |
| 1:06.0 | The CDC recommends you stay home and away from other people until you're mostly better, |
| 1:11.8 | then wear a mask for the next five days. |
| 1:14.7 | In King County, just 29% people have received the latest vaccine. |
| 1:19.8 | Reminder, there'll be an updated version in the fall. |
| 1:23.5 | The State Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission is expected to decide on whether or not to reclassify the state of gray wolves from endangered to sensitive on Friday. |
| 1:33.3 | Opponents, including environmentalists, have said that any attempt to lessen protections is short-sighted. |
| 1:40.3 | Gray wolves were first put on the state's endangered species list 40 years ago. |
| 1:45.5 | State fish and wildlife says in that time, their numbers have rebounded significantly. |
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