Kroger hangs an ultimatum over the heads of consumers and regulators: allow the merger and create a giant, or stop it and risk further wrecking the supply chain.
"I have a defiant faith that the world we deserve can only be built with working hands. Against the sea of despair we have been blessed with the duty to protect this ember and with our labor, we must wage a struggle to turn back that rising tide so the fire of revival can catch and spread across our nation."