A federal judge and a state judge overseeing two separate cases have halted the proposed merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, claiming the deal would drive up prices for customers.
With the weekly grocery ads released Wednesday ... nationally they are far outpaced by Wal-Mart, Amazon and Costco. Mayes launched her own investigation into the store merger after it was announced, ...
Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.