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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:00 AM Original message |
FTC tries to block Whole Foods' bid for Wild Oats' data |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. But they won't block the telephone companies, newspapers, tv and radio station mergers? n/t |
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rec_report (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Right, this regime never met a merger it didn't like... until now. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like a complicated issue....Hard to know who the good guys from the bad guys in this one... |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Not at all. |
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MsRedacted (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Safeway owns a huge number of chains -- did they stop them? No. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Thanks for the Link |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You really hit the problem on the head, Crisco... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The difference is that Wild Oats is the only real competition in this market segment. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. If the Premium Consumer Is What It's All About, I'm Not Even Certain It Matters |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Money ("premium consumers") is what it's about. |
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rec_report (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R. The Bush regime wants Wal-Mart to control the organic food... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks. That is what immediately came to mind when seeing this story. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Anything to keep Whole Paycheck away from my beloved Wild Oats. nt |
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