 It's huge because I don't drive and I can walk here and they're my friends by now. I've shopped there so many times. And plenty of birthday cakes, I think, have come from that UFC to our newsroom. A spokeswoman with Kroger says that no frontline workers would lose their jobs and, quote, no stores will close as a result of the merger, which is also true for stores that remain with Kroger, end quote. But Monica Crowley with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union believes this would lead to store closures or sales.