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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Defend Grocery Merger at Senate Hearing: Senators raise concerns on inflation, job impacts; executives say competition will continue
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Defend Grocery Merger at Senate Hearing
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U.S. lawmakers skeptical Kroger-Albertsons merger will mean lower prices: U.S. senators from both parties expressed skepticism Tuesday that a proposed merger ...
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U.S. lawmakers skeptical Kroger-Albertsons merger will mean lower prices
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs defend grocery tie-up, say deal won't hurt competition: Leaders of the two companies faced questions about how the deal could shake up ...
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs defend grocery tie-up, say deal won't hurt ...
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Defend Grocery Merger at Senate Hearing: Senators raise concerns on inflation, job impacts; executives say competition will continue
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Defend Grocery Merger at Senate Hearing
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U.S. lawmakers skeptical Kroger-Albertsons merger will mean lower prices: U.S. senators from both parties expressed skepticism Tuesday that a proposed merger ...
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U.S. lawmakers skeptical Kroger-Albertsons merger will mean lower prices
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs defend grocery tie-up, say deal won't hurt competition: Leaders of the two companies faced questions about how the deal could shake up ...
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs defend grocery tie-up, say deal won't hurt ...
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Defend $25B Merger Before Senate: Here's everything you need to know and what the largest-ever grocery merger might mean for prices.
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Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Defend $25B Merger Before Senate
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Albertsons joins Kroger in adding a huge benefit for customers
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Albertsons joins Kroger in adding a huge benefit for customers
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A Kroger-Albertsons merger means lower prices and more jobs. Let it happen.: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she's just responding to consumer concerns ...
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A Kroger-Albertsons merger means lower prices and more jobs. Let it happen ...
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A $20 Billion Deal Depends on Whether You Think Walmart Is a Supermarket: Antitrust authorities say Kroger’s planned Albertsons takeover will leave fewer ...
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A $20 Billion Deal Depends on Whether You Think Walmart Is a Supermarket
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The numbers show Walmart is America's grocery king: Walmart is the biggest grocery retailer in the US by a long shot. Americans spent $264 billion on Walmart ...
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The numbers show Walmart is America's grocery king
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Did grocery chains take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes
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Did grocery chains take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC ...
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Nordstrom stock surged 10% because the retailer might go private: Nordstrom's push to go private, which follows a failed one in 2018, comes as consumers remain ...
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Nordstrom stock surged 10% because the retailer might go private
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Kroger is shutting down its delivery service in San Antonio: Kroger opened a delivery facility in mid-2022 in San Antonio as part of an effort to build its base ...
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Kroger is shutting down its delivery service in San Antonio
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H-E-B is ready to open in Alliance and to start building Prosper: H-E-B’s newest store is right across from a busy Kroger Marketplace. Mansfield’s H-E-B opening ...
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H-E-B is ready to open in Alliance and to start building Prosper
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'Do we have to say that we won’t close stores?' Firm buying stores questions Kroger pledge
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'Do we have to say that we won’t close stores?' Firm buying stores ...
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Walmart to open a milk processing plant and create 400 jobs south of Waco: It’s common for traditional grocers such as Kroger, Albertsons and H-E-B to have their ...
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Walmart to open a milk processing plant and create 400 jobs south of Waco
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Kroger to end South Florida home delivery service: The national grocery giant faced an uphill battle in its effort to secure a piece of South Florida's ...
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Kroger to end South Florida home delivery service
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This $2.99 Kroger Freezer Find Is My Favorite Weeknight Dinner Shortcut: This frozen product makes dinner prep so much easier, and I use it everywhere from stir ...
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This $2.99 Kroger Freezer Find Is My Favorite Weeknight Dinner Shortcut
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Kris Mayes should hold Kroger and Albertsons accountable, not block their merger: Opinion: Attorney General Kris Mayes says she's just responding to consumer ...
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Kris Mayes should hold Kroger and Albertsons accountable, not block their ...
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Kroger/Albertson merger would be a blow to consumers. Or would it?: The feds are aggressively trying to halt business mergers that regulators say are harmful to ...
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Kroger/Albertson merger would be a blow to consumers. Or would it?
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This $6.99 Kroger Bakery Find Blew My Mind: This $6.99 bakery item, available at Kroger stores including Ralph’s Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, and more ...
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This $6.99 Kroger Bakery Find Blew My Mind
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The legal lines in the Kroger-Albertsons merger are drawn: What is in dispute?: Kroger and Albertsons have filed legal briefs countering the claims made against ...
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The legal lines in the Kroger-Albertsons merger are drawn: What is in ...
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US retail giant: Kroger aims for higher growth in 2024: The US supermarket operator Kroger achieved its self-imposed sales target in the 2023 financial year and ...
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US retail giant: Kroger aims for higher growth in 2024
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The best columns and letters you might have missed this week | Opinion: A look at some of the most-read op-eds and letters to the editor this week.
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The best columns and letters you might have missed this week | Opinion
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Kroger notches $2.2B profit as sales slow in 2023: Just as grocers and food companies face tougher federal scrutiny, Kroger posted flat profits and sales figures ...
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Kroger notches $2.2B profit as sales slow in 2023
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Kroger (KR) Stock Jumps on US Consumer Outlook: Kroger Co. shares rose after the grocer’s full-year profit outlook beat analyst expectations ...
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Kroger (KR) Stock Jumps on US Consumer Outlook
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Grocers are trying to get orders to your door faster than ever — here's why: Walmart, Target and Kroger are trying to stand out on grocery convenience ...
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Grocers are trying to get orders to your door faster than ever — here's ...
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What would a Kroger-Albertsons merger mean for grocery shoppers? Here's what the U.S. government thinks
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What would a Kroger-Albertsons merger mean for grocery shoppers? ...
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Back off, FTC, and realize what Kroger's actual competition is | Opinion: Businesses like Alberton’s are competing against fast food, take out and casual dining.
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Back off, FTC, and realize what Kroger's actual competition is | Opinion
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Capital One Announces $35B Merger with Discovery; Colorado Sues over Kroger-Albertsons Merger
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Capital One Announces $35B Merger with Discovery; Colorado Sues over ...
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  • Capital One plans to acquire Discover Financial, a US credit card company

  • Capital One is valued at $52.2 billion and the fourth largest player in the US credit card market

  • Discover was the 27th largest US bank by assets, while Capital One was the ninth largest

  • Increased regulatory focus on credit card fees, potential merger in this context
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What Walmart may gain from FTC's Kroger-Albertsons lawsuit: The Federal Trade Commission's bid to block grocer Kroger's $25 billion acquisition of Albertsons ...
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What Walmart may gain from FTC's Kroger-Albertsons lawsuit
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Shopper strangles woman at Kroger pharmacy because he thought she cut line, IN cops say
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Shopper strangles woman at Kroger pharmacy because he thought she cut line ...
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UFCW Local 555 endorses merger between Kroger and Albertsons: The labor union believes a merger between the supermarket giants with the divested stores going to ...
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UFCW Local 555 endorses merger between Kroger and Albertsons
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4 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy After Berkshire Hathaway’s Latest 13F Filing: Plus, the stocks Berkshire bought and sold last quarter.
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4 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy After Berkshire Hathaway’s Latest 13F ...
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Target, Kroger and Aldi Have Made Big Food Nervous: Which brand of potato chip or coffee is making it into your cart this week? The answer is making name brand ...
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Target, Kroger and Aldi Have Made Big Food Nervous
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Colorado sues to stop $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger: Colorado’s attorney general filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block Kroger's proposed $25 ...
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Colorado sues to stop $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger
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Kroger ends unpopular checkout policy after customer pushback: The retailer has faced the same problems as Walmart, Dollar General, and Target but tried to solve ...
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Kroger ends unpopular checkout policy after customer pushback
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Capital One Announces $35B Merger with Discovery; Colorado Sues over Kroger-Albertsons Merger
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Capital One Announces $35B Merger with Discovery; Colorado Sues over ...
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Here’s why Maryland is fighting a merger between Kroger and Albertson’s | GUEST COMMENTARY
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Here’s why Maryland is fighting a merger between Kroger and Albertson’s | ...
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Kroger, Albertsons keep up drumbeat for merger as opponents push back: Nearly 16 months after announcing a $24.6 billion merger, grocery chains Kroger and ...
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Kroger, Albertsons keep up drumbeat for merger as opponents push back
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Kroger’s all self-checkout Dallas store gets back some cashier lanes: The decision was led by ‘customer feedback,’ Kroger said. The experiment lasted three years ...
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Kroger’s all self-checkout Dallas store gets back some cashier lanes
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Kroger, Albertsons Allegedly Colluded Against Grocery Workers' Union: The two companies struck a "no-poaching" deal to weaken workers' leverage during a strike ...
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Kroger, Albertsons Allegedly Colluded Against Grocery Workers' Union
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Bonton Farms and Kroger to get groceries to Dallas food deserts: Bonton’s Grocery Connect starts Tuesday at the ICDC building at 4907 Spring Ave ...
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Bonton Farms and Kroger to get groceries to Dallas food deserts
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Kroger: Controversial Albertsons merger means lower prices and better stores: Kroger repeated its suggestion that its controversial merger with Albertsons will ...
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Kroger: Controversial Albertsons merger means lower prices and better ...
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How Much More Expensive Is Food Now, Really?: This week, the FTC blocked the merger of Albertsons and Kroger, ostensibly on the grounds that it would spike the ...
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How Much More Expensive Is Food Now, Really?
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Kentucky sues Kroger for 'fueling deadly opioid crisis': The lawsuit claims Kroger "flooded" Kentucky with opioid pills that caused addiction and death.
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Kentucky sues Kroger for 'fueling deadly opioid crisis'
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Kroger rolls out sports betting kiosks at 14 nearby stores. Here's where: Kroger shoppers can now bet on sports at in-store kiosks. Here's how they work.
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Kroger rolls out sports betting kiosks at 14 nearby stores. Here's where
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What are Ohio’s top Super Bowl snacks? Chips, sodas top Kroger’s top seller list: Kroger’s Columbus division released a list Tuesday of the top-purchased snacks ...
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What are Ohio’s top Super Bowl snacks? Chips, sodas top Kroger’s top ...
Quick Glance: NFL Power Rankings: Chiefs Continue Dominance
  • Kansas City Chiefs have definitively answered questions about their dominance as the newest NFL dynasty.

  • San Francisco 49ers will return almost intact in 2024 with an easier path to Super Bowl than Chiefs.

  • Buffalo narrowly missed overtime against Kansas City in the playoffs.

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Food 4 Less grocery workers rally ahead of contract expiration: UFCW Local 770 President Kathy Finn said employees are frustrated by the wage disparities between ...
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Food 4 Less grocery workers rally ahead of contract expiration
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Two suspects charged with placing skimmers on ATMs at Kroger stores across Lexington
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Two suspects charged with placing skimmers on ATMs at Kroger stores across ...
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Target's Next Move Might Be Membership — Here's How the Retailer Is Reportedly Trying to Compete with Costco, Amazon, and Walmart+
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Target's Next Move Might Be Membership — Here's How the Retailer ...
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The Key to Unlocking Enhanced Data Insights: By combining the strengths of customer data platforms and data clean rooms, businesses can unlock a wealth of ...
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The Key to Unlocking Enhanced Data Insights
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Shoppers love WA’s move to block Kroger-Albertsons merger, but legal experts are puzzled
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Shoppers love WA’s move to block Kroger-Albertsons merger ...
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Kroger-Albertsons merger: What happens now that the feds have moved to block it?: What happens now that the Federal Trade Commission has taken legal action to ...
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Kroger-Albertsons merger: What happens now that the feds have moved to ...
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Kroger's 12,000 associates at 108 stores in the Houston area are considering whether they want to authorize their union to call a strike. Show more
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Gelson’s closing its Laguna Beach grocery store: The Encino chain said the store is unprofitable, citing a limited population and a tough California economy.
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Gelson’s closing its Laguna Beach grocery store
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Kroger, Albertsons need more time to close on $25 billion proposed merger: Grocers Kroger (KR.N) and Albertsons (ACI.N) said on Monday that they plan close the ...
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Kroger, Albertsons need more time to close on $25 billion proposed merger
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Union urges Kroger's Houston workers to approve new contract: Houston-area Kroger employees this week are voting on a tentative contract agreement that the union ...
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Union urges Kroger's Houston workers to approve new contract
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Walmart makes a key cut in battle with Amazon, Costco, and Target: The retail giant has found a new way to better compete with Amazon, Target, and Kroger.
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Walmart makes a key cut in battle with Amazon, Costco, and Target
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This $13.84 Walmart Freezer Meal Feeds My Whole Family—It's Our Favorite: It’s hard finding frozen entrées that my whole family will eat. This family-sized ...
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This $13.84 Walmart Freezer Meal Feeds My Whole Family—It's Our ...
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Dunkin' Donuts spiked coffee and tea hit shelves in San Antonio: H-E-B and Buc-ee's are among the stores stocking the boozy iced coffees and teas.
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Dunkin' Donuts spiked coffee and tea hit shelves in San Antonio