Will a Kroger-Albertsons merger help customers or hurt them? What the FTC chair warns
Grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons want to merge. It's a move Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan worries could hurt customers already dealing with high food costs.
The Kroger Albertsons merger hearing has ended. What happens next?
Attorneys for Kroger and Albertsons insisted the deal would boost competition by strengthening both companies as a unified company, repeated company promises to lower grocery pric
What to know about the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger
A decision on the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons could be coming soon as the Federal Trade Commission hopes to get an injunction.
What's at Stake as FTC's Legal Fight Against Kroger-Albertsons Merger Ends
The court battle over the Federal Trade Commission's attempts to halt the $24.6 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger is set to end Tuesday.
Inside closing arguments from the FTC’s challenge to Kroger-Albertsons merger
The federal agency’s attorneys highlighted how the deal would impact local communities while the grocers’ lawyers said the agency was out of touch with the realities the industry and shoppers face.
Why federal regulators want to stop grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons from merging
What could be the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history is at a do-or-die point, with closing arguments this week in a lawsuit filed by the FTC to stop Kroger’s nearly $25 billion purchase of Albertsons.
Getting Ahead: The Kroger-Albertsons Merger
The largest ever supermarket merger was first proposed in October, 2022. Kroger announced that it planned to buy rival Albertsons for $24.6 billion. In 2015 Albertsons acquired Safeway, so there
Analysts: FTC should win Kroger, Albertsons merger case
While U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson mulls over details in the Federal Trade Commission-Kroger, Albertsons merger trial, which closed on Tuesday in Portland, Ore., market analysts are offering their take,
Kroger and Albertsons make a final pitch for their merger before a judge decides whether to block it
Closing arguments are coming up in the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to block the proposed merger of supermarket chains ...
Biggest question from Kroger-Albertsons trials: What’s a grocery store?
At the heart of the fight to block the $24.6 billion merger is the debate over how Americans buy their groceries.
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As clock ticks on Kroger-Albertsons FTC case, more court battles loom against merger
PORTLAND, Ore. — The critical hearing in federal court into Kroger’s proposed $25 billion takeover of Albertsons will ...
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Portland judge considers fate of the Kroger-Albertsons supermarket mega-merger
Oregon and California are among eight states to join with the Federal Trade Commission in an effort to hold up the proposal.