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.