Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Adam Schiff have called on the FTC and the Department of Agriculture to investigate ...
Corporate leaders anticipate a flurry of deals once Donald Trump returns to the White House. The grocery industry seems ...
Deal-making has slowed in recent years, largely due to high interest rates, soaring company valuations and a tight regulatory ...
Competition, pricing and the fate of Albertsons were key points of contention in the three court battles that unfolded over a nearly two-month period.
The US antitrust regulators continued to aggressively challenge transactions and associated Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) violations during the ...
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Given Albertsons' significant discount to Kroger's merger price, it appears highly unlikely that the deal will be completed.
Three judges in three different states are now deliberating the fate of Kroger’s proposed $25 billion takeover of rival ...
Though Dollar Stores were Kroger’s fourth fiercest competition, they are also not considered grocers by the FTC. The state attorneys general who joined the FTC lawsuit to block the merger ...
In August, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a motion for a preliminary injunction against the proposed $24.6 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest supermarket chains ...
It was wise of the FTC to use Albuquerque, N.M., as an example on how the merger could wipe out grocery competition in one area, Fruits noted. “Kroger and Albertsons would have a pretty ...
Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission and Kroger and Albertsons ended their ... “Consumers depend on competition,” FTC attorney Susan Musser told the court, dismissing the grocers ...