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 ...

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 ...

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

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the proposed $25 billion merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, ruling that the deal would limit competition and harm consumers, but the judge left the ...

10 (UPI) --U.S. District Court for Oregon Judge Adrienne Nelson on Tuesday ruled a proposed $24.6 billion merger ... said Kroger and Albertsons officials would need to address federal regulators ...

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 ...

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 and a King County Judge in Washington state have blocked the $25 billion merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons. The decision is a victory for consumers, grocery workers ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the merger of Kroger and Albertsons after a three-week hearing. The Federal Trade Commission sued over the $25 billion deal in February, asking that it be ...

In a potentially fatal blow to the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, a King County judge and, separately, a federal judge in Oregon ruled Tuesday that the $25 billion grocery tie-up should ...