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Albertsons Cos.’ CEO Vivek Sankaran

CEOs defend merger of Albertsons and Kroger

CINCINNATI — Rodney McMullen, chairman and chief executive officer of Kroger Co., was joined by Albertsons Cos.’ CEO Vivek Sankaran last month in defending the companies’ proposed merger before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, whose members raised concerns over whether a combination of the nation’s two largest supermarket chains would harm consumers and workers. A merger