Kroger said in a Monday statement the feds and the states have it wrong: "Blocking Kroger’s merger with Albertsons companies will actually harm the very people the FTC purports to serve: America ...

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 also makes another argument that combining Kroger and Albertsons will hurt union workers because they would no longer be able to make the two companies compete for their labor.

The FTC argues the proposed $24.6 billion merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons could eliminate competition. Latest U.S.

Kroger and Albertsons tried to secure approval by proposing to sell several hundred stores — including 26 in Texas — distribution centers and brands to C&S Wholesale Grocers, which the FTC ...

The FTC can agree with Kroger and let the merger proceed, ask Kroger to go back to meet additional requirements or ask a federal court to block the $24.6 billion deal. By Maria Halkias Staff writer ...

The FTC won’t comment on the Kroger-Albertsons proposal, but according to their merger review process “once both companies have substantially complied … the agency has an additional 30 days ...

Kroger and Albertsons brace for FTC decision on their proposed $24.6-billion merger as soon as January as opposition to the mega-deal builds.

“Kroger and Albertsons are also arguing that they’re not just competing against each other, they’re competing as Trader Joe’s, Amazon and the like,” said Manesh of the UO law school.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Who will win the ruling in a critical hearing in Kroger’s $25 billion bid to takeover Albertsons, which is being challenged by antitrust regulators at the Federal Trade ...

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to block Kroger’s planned $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons. The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit Feb. 26 to block Kroger Co.’s ...

Here's a line from the FTC. "Kroger and Albertsons are the two largest employers of union grocery labor in the United States. In many states, they both negotiate with the same local unions.