<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9/sitemap-news.xsd"><url><loc>https://www.foodmanufacturing.com/supply-chain/news/22969852/kroger-buying-regional-grocer-and-pharmacy-retailer-giant-eagle-in-deal-valued-at-165-billion</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Food Manufacturing</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-02T13:53:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Kroger Buying Regional Grocer and Pharmacy Retailer Giant Eagle in Deal Valued at $1.65 Billion</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.foodmanufacturing.com/mindful/im/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/ap26182448333777.xHuboBm3PZ.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A man walks out of the Giant Eagle grocery store, Nov. 17, 2011, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>