Fry's Food Stores and Walmart Supercenter are the biggest players in the hyper-competitive business of selling groceries in the Valley, with both retailers clawing out double-digit shares of the market.
But the merger of Albertsons and Safeway, announced earlier this month, offers up a stronger combined competitor that could vie for second place in the market. It would cut the gap in the number of stores with market leader Fry's and could give it a double-digit market share closer to Walmart.
Local shoppers are watching the changes closely.
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