A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of grocery rival Albertsons on Tuesday, marking the possible end of what would have been the largest supermarket merger in U ...

The grocery chains “engage in substantial head-to-head competition and the proposed merger would remove that competition,” ...

After holding a more than three-week "mini-trial" in August and September, Judge Adrienne Nelson decided the Federal Trade ...

a federal judge in Portland has blocked Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., which would have been the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge ...

The proposed $24.6 billion merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons floundered on Tuesday after judges ...

and we are optimistic that this illegal merger will be permanently blocked.” The case may now move to the FTC, although Kroger and Albertsons have asked a different federal judge to block the in ...

Albertsons sued Kroger after a US judge blocked ... anywhere else to go,” she said in September. A federal judge on Tuesday agreed that the merger would remove direct competition and blocked ...

A federal judge has ruled against Kroger’s $25 billion takeover bid for Albertsons ... She also granted the order to block the merger until the agency's in-house judge decides for or against ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Kroger's proposed $25 billion merger deal with rival supermarket chain Albertsons.U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued the ruling after a three ...

Kroger’s plans to buy its grocery rival Albertsons hit a major roadblock Tuesday, when a federal judge put a halt to the deal, which would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.

D.C. “Today's decision by a federal judge to extend the preliminary injunction blocking the $24.6 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger is a major victory for consumers, workers, and small ...