Antitrust experts say a few core issues prompted the judges to say no the merger, ultimately dooming the deal.
Two rulings — in federal and state courts — make it increasingly likely that Kroger might abandon its $24.6 billion plan to ...
Under the merger agreement, Kroger and Albertsons would sell 579 stores in places where their locations overlap to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire-based supplier to independent supermarkets ...
Walmart controls around 22%. Under the merger agreement, Kroger and Albertsons - who compete in 22 states - agreed to sell 579 stores in places where their locations overlap to C&S Wholesale ...
The failure of the Kroger-Albertsons merger exposed serious problems at QFC, a leader in Seattle's grocery industry before it ...
In efforts to calm these concerns, Kroger released a plan to divest in 579 stores nationwide, including selling 101 Safeway and Albertsons stores in Arizona to East Coast chain C&S Wholesale Grocers.
The judge separately weighed the plan by Kroger and Albertsons to sell hundreds of their stores to a firm called C&S Wholesale Grocers as a condition of their merger, meant to appease regulators.