September 17, 2024 – 7:47 AM PDT
(Reuters) – The trial where U.S. anti-trust regulators made their case to block Kroger’s (KR.N) $25 billion bid to buy rival grocer Albertsons (ACI.N) will conclude on Tuesday, but the deal’s legal challenges have just begun, with two more trials this month to hear complaints the merger could jack up grocery bills.
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For the past three weeks, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of states have sought to prove at trial in Portland, Oregon, that the deal would harm shoppers and unionized grocery workers.
By the time that case concludes on Tuesday, the companies will be on day two of…
