Kroger-Albertsons merger: Market, analysts say upcoming court decision is likely to halt deal
Analysts and the stock market are weighing in on what they expect to happen as closing arguments have wrapped up in Kroger Co ...
The Kroger Albertsons merger hearing has ended. What happens next?
PORTLAND, Ore. – Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission and Kroger and Albertsons ended their three-week court battle the ...
Kroger and Albertsons make a final pitch for their merger
The FTC maintains C&S is ill-prepared to take on the stores now owned by Albertsons and Kroger. Earlier in the hearing, Laura ...
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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.
Kroger-Albertsons merger case is in Oregon judge’s hands as arguments wrap up
Katie O’Connell became a regular at Portland’s Cully neighborhood Albertsons store, just two blocks from her home, during the ...
'Consumers depend on competition': Kroger, FTC fight to the end on Albertsons merger
“Consumers depend on competition,” FTC attorney Susan Musser told the court, dismissing the grocers’ argument that consumers ...
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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 ...
Washington anti-trust lawsuit to block proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger begins Monday
“It’s pretty terrifying,” said Tina McKim, a founding member of Birchwood Food Desert Fighters, a group that sprang up in ...
'Not something we can discuss': Washington attorney uses execs' words against Kroger deal
Attorneys for Kroger and Albertsons dismissed the state’s citing of a few embarrassing communications, claiming they had ...
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Kroger CEO confident merger with Albertsons will come to pass
During the most recent hearings in U.S. District Court in Oregon, McMullen and Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran claimed the ...
Huge stakes as trial starts in WA’s suit against Kroger-Albertsons merger
On the opening day of the state trial over the Kroger-Albertsons merger, a packed court hears two starkly different versions ...