California, Oregon, Illinois and five other U.S. states have asked a U.S. judge to award them legal fees for winning an order in federal court blocking Kroger’s now-abandoned $25 billion deal for grocery rival Albertsons.

Its planned merger with Kroger over, Boise’s Albertsons supermarket chain is getting a new CEO. Vivek Sankaran, who has run the nation’s second-largest traditional grocery company since September 2019,

An Albertsons official said all 39 employees would be offered jobs at the Albertsons on North Montana Avenue or the Safeway.

The CEOs of both Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc., the two grocery giants that were involved in a failed mega-acquisition attempt, are both leaving their respective companies. Cincinnati-based Kroger announced Monday morning that Rodney McMullen resigned from the company “following a board investigation of his personal conduct that,

Albertsons said on Monday that its CEO Vivek Sankaran would be retiring and insider Susan Morris would assume the role, effective May 1.

Kroger board member Ron Sargent is taking the helm at the nation’s largest supermarket chain as questions about former CEO Rodney Mullen continue.

In December, federal and state courts blocked the attempted merger between two of Colorado’s grocery store giants: Albertsons (Safeway) and Kroger (King Soopers, City Market). The merger was challenged by the Federal Trade Commission

Shares of Albertsons Cos. are trading higher in the after-hours market following news the company will be joining the S&P MidCap 400. Albertsons is slated to replace Aspen Technology on the index on March 11. After the bell Tuesday, Albertsons stock was trading 4.5% higher at $20.65. The stock finished the regular session at $19.76, losing 4.4%.

The leadership changes come just a few months after a federal judge temporarily halted a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons.