Kroger has recognized which shops in Oregon it might unload to a competitor to safe regulatory approval for its $24.6 billion proposed merger with Albertsons.Kroger, the guardian firm of Fred Meyer and QFC, introduced plans to amass rival Albertsons, which owns Safeway, in October 2022. In a bid to mollify antitrust regulators, the 2 firms mentioned they might unload greater than 500 shops to New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers for $1.9 billion.