Shawn's right  --  a nearly identical anti-trust deal intended to "preserve competition" resulted in PA becoming a Safeway monopoly. 

I find it ironic that the FTC is willing to meddle (clumsily) in the small stuff, but seems to turn a blind eye to the near-constant mergers of airlines and big banks.  Really, I'd rather have my Albertson's back, no matter what corporation owned it, in exchange for a move toward  "NOT too big to fail" banks  --  or actual competition among airlines.