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Last month, the FTC revived a long-dormant anti-monopoly law to take on the nation’s largest wine and spirits distributor.

In an historic ruling for labor and antitrust advocates, a federal judge blocked the $25 billion merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons.

The FTC sued in February to halt on antitrust grounds downtown Cincinnati-based Kroger’s (NYSE: KR) plans to buy Boise, Idaho-based rival Albertsons (NYSE: ACI) in a deal involving the nation ...

In its efforts to block the acquisition the FTC said the deal would reduce competition as well as lead to higher prices for US grocery shoppers and lower wages for workers. "Kroger and Albertsons ...

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

Several prominent mergers and acquisitions have been blocked or challenged by the Biden-Harris administration in 2024, ...

When Kroger acquired Fred Meyer in 1999, the largest supermarket merger ever at the time, the FTC’s only stipulation was that the companies divest eight of their combined 2,200 stores.

The federal case now moves to the FTC, although Kroger and Albertsons have asked a different federal judge to block the in-house proceedings. Colorado is also trying to halt the merger in its own ...