A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the megamerger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons from moving forward, delivering a win for antitrust hawks and the Federal Trade Commission. U.S. District ...

Grocery chain Albertsons called off its $25 billion merger with Kroger Wednesday, a day after a federal judge blocked the deal. The merger, announced in 2022, sought to combine the fifth and tenth ...

Two federal court rulings this week blocked the proposed Kroger-Albertsons $25 billion supermarket megamerger, meaning the chains will continue to operate separately. Meanwhile, Albertsons has ...

Kroger ends Albertsons merger after a U.S. District ... the divestiture of hundreds of stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in order to maintain appropriate competition in the space.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America's grocer, today shared all the ways customers ...

The two grocery store chains first proposed the $24.6B deal in 2022. Albertsons has filed a lawsuit against its rival Kroger following a failed multibillion dollar deal that would have marked the ...

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Kroger (KR.N), opens new tab and Albertsons (ACI.N), opens new tab could turn to fast-growing and profitable advertising ventures to tackle competition and grow after ...

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Kroger $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons, ruling that the proposed union would lessen competition for grocery shoppers. The preliminary ...

Albertsons announced Wednesday it is pulling out of its plans to merge with Cincinnati-based Kroger, citing two court rulings on Tuesday barring the transaction. Also, it disclosed it's suing ...

One multi-billion merger partner bailed out after two court rulings went against the long-pending Kroger-Albertsons merger. Albertsons has gone from being a merger partner with Kroger to seeking ...

Kroger’s plans to buy its grocery rival Albertsons hit a major roadblock Tuesday, when a federal judge put a halt to the deal, which would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.

A federal judge has ruled against Kroger’s $25 billion takeover bid ... She also granted the order to block the merger until the agency's in-house judge decides for or against the deal.