Meet the Pacific Northwest Judges Who Rejected the Kroger-Albertsons Supermarket Merger
Oregon U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson, an appointee of President Joe Biden, ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and against the large grocery chains. Nelson's decision, along with one from Washington state court Judge Marshall Ferguson,
Proposed merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons is halted by federal, state judges
Under the merger agreement, Kroger and Albertsons would sell 579 stores in places where their locations overlap to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire-based supplier to independent supermarkets that also owns the Grand Union and Piggly Wiggly store brands.
U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger Tuesday after holding a ...
The day before the lawsuit, two judges put the brakes on the multibillion-dollar deal until regulators examined its antitrust ...
Judge Adrienne Nelson sided with regulators who argued that the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history would hurt consumers.
Albertsons, the parent company of two prominent supermarket chains in Massachusetts, is abandoning merger plans one day after ...
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