A U.S. District Judge in Oregon has blocked a $25 billion-bid by supermarket giant Kroger to take over rival Albertsons after ruling that the Federal Trade Commission's concerns about the merger's ...

In February 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nine attorneys general sued to block the merger ... the colossus of a merged Kroger and Albertsons.” Judge Adrienne Nelson of the ...

The rulings mean Kroger’s 2022 proposal to buy Albertsons ... judge at the Federal Trade Commission will determine whether the merger is anticompetitive, though a Kroger lawsuit seeks to block ...

Kroger's downtown headquarters in Cincinnati. A federal judge in Oregon has ruled against Kroger’s $25 billion takeover bid for Albertsons, granting a preliminary injunction blocking the deal.

The case may now move to the FTC, although Kroger and Albertsons have asked a different federal judge to block the in-house proceedings. Colorado and Washington are also trying to halt the merger ...

The Federal Trade Commission in February sued to block ... cheered Judge Nelson’s decision. “Persistently high food prices are hitting Americans hard, and a Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger ...

Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery ... U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger Tuesday after ...

U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction against the merger ... to block the deal over concerns Kroger would become too dominant with its acquisition of Albertsons ...

The Kroger store in the Tates Creek Centre in Lexington, Ky., in Feb. 12. A U.S. district judge in Oregon has blocked a $25 billion bid by supermarket giant Kroger to take over rival Albertsons ...

The proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons floundered on Tuesday after judges overseeing two separate cases both halted the merger.U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne ...