Grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons want to merge. It's a move Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan worries could hurt ...
The court battle over the Federal Trade Commission's attempts to halt the $24.6 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger is set to ...
“Consumers depend on competition,” FTC attorney Susan Musser told the court, dismissing the grocers’ argument that consumers ...
The federal government urged a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday to temporarily block a proposed merger between Kroger and ...
Antitrust experts weighed in on key arguments and revelations from three weeks of testimony and legal maneuvering.
The critical hearing in federal court into Kroger’s proposed $25 billion takeover of Albertsons will stretch into a fourth ...
We remain committed to closing the merger, because it will provide meaningful and measurable benefits for customers, ...
Kroger's FTC hearing in Portland has been pushed back a bit, and it has other cases — including one in Seattle — coming up ...
If the Federal Trade Commission is granted a preliminary injunction, it will start an internal probe into the merger.
The federal agency’s attorneys highlighted how the deal would impact local communities while the grocers’ lawyers said the agency was out of touch with the realities the industry and shoppers face.
In an election year marked by inflation, the Kroger-Albertsons merger has political undertones for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.