[2/3] basement. There had traditionally been two competing manufacturers, but the government had allowed them to merge, so there was only one. That merger should have been blocked to maintain competition in that small field. Often the US appears to have a lot more competition than it really has. The supermarket company Albertsons uses all these names: Acme Markets, Albertsons, Carrs-Safeway, Haggen, Jewel-Osco, Kings, Pavilions, Plated, Randalls, Safeway, Shaw's and Star Market, Tom Thumb,