The failure of the Kroger-Albertsons merger exposed serious problems at QFC, a leader in Seattle's grocery industry before it ...

The Friday Checkout is a weekly column providing more insight on the news, rounding up the announcements you may have missed ...

Kroger runs many familiar grocery stories, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer and King Soopers. Albertsons owns Safeway and Vons — and is likely to begin a search for a new buyer for ...

Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.

Albertsons owns the well-known brands Pavilions, Safeway and Vons. Kroger operates Ralphs, Food4Less, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Quality Food Centers and other popular grocery stores. If the merger ...

The lawsuit over a deal to combine the two largest U.S. supermarkets came just a day after it was blocked in both federal and ...

If the merger had been approved, the two supermarket chains would have run more than 5,000 stores in 48 states, according to the FTC’s lawsuit. Albertsons owns the well-known brands Pavilions ...

The resulting grocery behemoth would have over 5,000 ... Ralph’s and King Soopers, and others, while Albertsons owns Jewel-Osco, Safeway, Vons, Pavilion, Acme, King’s, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb ...

and Albertsons, which owns Safeway, would severely diminish competition in the industry and harm Colorado customers, grocery workers and local farmers and ranchers. “All along, we have made the ...

Kroger and Albertsons’ plan for the largest ... a New Hampshire-based supplier to independent supermarkets that also owns the Grand Union and Piggly Wiggly store brands. But the Federal Trade ...