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minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoPeople are talking about combining the names. If Albertson’s and Safeway didn’t, I suspect it will be the same with Kroger.
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoBest to keep the names separate to create the illusion of choice. This has been silently happening in every industry for years.
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYep! This reminds me of the infographic where almost every major food brand in the world is covered by 10 parent brands. https://www.good.is/Business/food-brands-owners-rp
They did, yes
People are talking about combining the names. If Albertson’s and Safeway didn’t, I suspect it will be the same with Kroger.
Best to keep the names separate to create the illusion of choice.
This has been silently happening in every industry for years.
Yep! This reminds me of the infographic where almost every major food brand in the world is covered by 10 parent brands. https://www.good.is/Business/food-brands-owners-rp
The Luxottica approach.
Illusion of choice