General grammar exercise - Test 22 | Exercise follow Topic

refer to the following article

Balter Food Reaches Agreement with Lexi’s
July 21—National grocery chain Balter Food (69) ------ organic produce company Lexi’s.
Negotiations began in October of last year, and the transaction came to a close last Monday.
Lexi’s was founded nearly six decades ago but struggled to recover from losses for quite a while. Its attempt to enter the California market with the opening of new locations proved (70) ___.This caused Lexi’s to fall behind its competition.
Balter Food representatives say that 15 of the 29 Lexi’s stores are now in the process of being renamed “Balter.” (71)-----. The performance of these stores will be monitored closely to determine whether they should undergo additional modifications. According to consultants, this is the best strategy as loyal Lexi’s customers may need to (72) ----- during the transition.