There is a key sentence in this story that, at least to my mind, explains MOST if not all of Kroger’s inability to compete. Now, we all know Kroger has pricing problems, i.e. their prices are not daily competitive if they have a large competitor (HEB) nearby but, that is not their main problem. Their main problem is the same as that of the auto companies. It can be found in this sentence, “Kroger, unlike Amazon and Walmart, has a unionized workforce, that has caused tremendous margin compression as the company struggles with unwanted expenses tied to union contracts.” Imagine that? Unions. Who would’ve guessed? And what are the unions doing for their employees? Driving another business out of business so that none of their members have a job. Genius union bosses. Of course, the real genius bosses work at Kroger. Allowing a union and not getting rid of it even...