The Kroger-Albertsons merger is kaput. Now what? From the Cincinnati Business Courier. Kroger Co. unveiled plans to transform the company, and maybe the grocery industry, on Oct. 14, 2022.

Following the collapse of its planned merger with Kroger, Albertsons Companies is doubling down on its strategy to grow market share and customer loyalty in the increasingly competitive grocery ...

Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement.

Shares of grocery retailer Albertsons rose Wednesday morning after the company reported better third-quarter earnings than analysts had expected, while sales fell just short of estimates.

The courtroom clash between these supermarket giants is set to be a defining case in the industry, testing the limits of merger agreements and regulatory intervention. As both sides prepare for a ...

Hours later, a state judge in Seattle permanently halted the merger in Washington state. Kroger and Albertsons, the country's two largest traditional supermarket chains, "engage in substantial ...

Kroger refused to offer an adequate divesture package and repeatedly ignored regulators’ concerns, causing the merger with Albertsons to be blocked Seeks billions of dollars in damages to ...

BOISE — Albertsons will be laying off a portion of its corporate workforce after a merger between the Boise-based grocery chain and Kroger fell through following legal challenges. “While we do ...

FTC Chair Lina Khan stated that allowing such a merger would have created “a market that is less competitive and more susceptible to price manipulation.” Consumer advocacy groups had also argued that ...