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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.