Kroger and Albertsons saw their $24.6 billion merger blocked on Tuesday by judges in two separate cases, one brought by federal regulators and the other by the Washington state attorney general.

The FTC has countered Kroger and Albertsons are traditional “one-stop” grocers with a broader selection of goods and shouldn’t be allowed to combine because those nontraditional rivals are ...

Kroger and Albertsons proposed what would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history in 2022. The FTC alleged the merger would eliminate competition and lead to higher food prices for ...

Using the HHI disadvantages Kroger and Albertsons in two ways. First, the FTC has defined the market to exclude many large food retailers, such as drugstore chains CVS and Walgreens, discounter ...

Henry Liu, former director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition under the Biden administration, has ...

Kroger and Albertsons want to complete the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history, but an agency tasked with consumer protection is trying to put a stop to it. The Federal Trade Commission ...

Kroger and Albertsons plan to satisfy anticompetition concerns by introducing a new competitor — its handpicked buyer, C&S Wholesale Grocers — to the regions where they overlap.

The FTC says its analysis shows Albertsons and Kroger frequently price check each other. Kroger price checks against Albertsons in 79% of its markets, the FTC said, ...

Kroger and Albertsons say their merger will help them compete against rivals like Costco. But antitrust regulators from the FTC say the merger would eliminate competition and raise grocery prices.

In the press release, FTC officials said Kroger and Albertsons have acknowledged that their brands are competitors, which forces them to lower prices in competition with each other.

Kroger sued the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, seeking to block the regulator from reviewing the grocery chain's proposed $25 billion merger with smaller rival Albertsons, calling the FTC's ...