Antitrust experts say a few core issues prompted the judges to say no the merger, ultimately dooming the deal.

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The FTC’s intervention in the Kroger-Albertsons deal is seen by many as a signal of heightened scrutiny for future retail ...

Kroger, the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, would buy Albertsons, the second-largest such operator, ...

Forbes' latest edition of its Fresh Take newsletter features the details of how a deal between Kroger and Albertsons fizzled, ...

Two federal court rulings blocked the $25 billion merger of the supermarket giants and Albertsons sued Kroger for its ...

After a merger between Kroger and Albertsons, prices would go down for a while. However, once the dust settled, as with so many other mergers, prices would likely go up. Also, employees’ security ...

The supermarket chain had tried to join forces with Kroger, but judges sided with federal and state regulators who charged ...

Under the merger agreement, Kroger and Albertsons — who compete in 22 states — agreed to sell 579 stores in places where ...

Albertsons in a lawsuit claims Kroger got cold feet and acted in its own interests rather than pursuing completion of the ...

Albertsons’ breach-of-contract claims, filed in a Delaware chancery court Dec. 11, allege Cincinnati-based Kroger “put itself ...

The grocery store operators had said they’d be able to cut prices by combining, but regulators and courts disagreed. Now they ...