Kroger, Albertsons and Colorado
Kroger-Albertsons antitrust trial in Colorado: Everything you need to know
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is the plaintiff in the case. He filed a lawsuit in February that seeks to permanently block the deal. The defendants are Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons (NYSE: ACI). The grocery chains are the nation's largest and second-largest supermarket operators, respectively.
Colorado antitrust trial in Kroger-Albertsons merger has King Soopers’ parent dangling 10% price drop
Kroger and Albertsons say they face more competition from Walmart, Costco and Amazon than each other. State AG worries about lack of choice in rural Colorado if merger proceeds.
Colorado warns of price impacts if Kroger, Albertsons merge
The state is suing over Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons, which would consolidate about two-thirds of the state’s supermarkets under a single owner.
Colorado next up to argue its case against Kroger-Albertsons mega merger
The Colorado attorney general’s office will argue in next week that the merger of grocery store chains Kroger and Albertsons would harm customers, employees and area farmers.
Workers rally as trial for Kroger, Albertsons grocery store merger begins in Colorado
The first day of the trial seeking to stop the merger of two large grocery companies is underway in Colorado, and while the sides for and against the deal argued in court, workers raised their voices outside the courthouse.
Kroger-Albertsons merger trial: Colorado, grocers offer opening arguments
The third trial attempting to stop the $25 billion deal to merge Kroger and Albertsons began Monday in Colorado.
Trial day one wraps in Colorado’s Kroger Albertsons merger case
The Kroger Albertsons merger trial in Denver wrapped up it's first day with testimony from an Albertsons regional president and a rally in opposition of the deal outside the building.
Attorney: Kroger selling stores in Albertsons merger to a 'liquidator,' not competitor
An attorney directed particular ire toward the New Hampshire-based company, C&S Wholesale Grocers, which would acquire 579 stores sold off by the grocer after they combined.
Colorado grocery workers rally against Kroger-Albertsons merger as antitrust trial begins in Denver
Colorado grocery workers joined labor advocates and elected officials outside Denver city hall on Monday to rally against a proposed $24.6 billion merger between the nation’s two largest supermarket chains,
What happens to Colorado’s Kroger-Albertsons merger trial if other cases finish first
The proposed $25 billion merger deal between the parent companies of King Soopers and Safeway is facing three lawsuits across the country at once – including in Colorado.
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State says Kroger-Albertsons merger may cost Coloradans $500M per year; companies dispute claim
A merger of Kroger and Albertsons would cost Colorado consumers as much as $500 million a year because of a lack of ...
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'Kroger needs to run the table': Grocer faces third legal challenge to Albertsons merger
During his briefing, Weiser noted preventing the chains merging in Colorado wouldn’t be enough ... Similarly, Ferguson told ...