Federal regulators are trying to block Kroger’s merger with Albertsons. In a Portland suburb, residents already know what deteriorating access to fresh food looks like. By Danielle Kaye The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal government urged a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday to temporarily prevent a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, saying in closing arguments the ...

4, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) The federal courthouse is reflected in the rear window as Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran enters a vehicle and leaves after testifying in a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The federal government urged a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday to temporarily prevent a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, saying in closing arguments the ...

A Washington state anti-trust lawsuit to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons is set to begin Monday. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the lawsuit, contesting a merger of the two ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission and Kroger and Albertsons ended their three-week court battle the same way they started: diametrically opposed over whether the two ...

Washington state is going to court Monday to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger. The case is one of three challenging the $24.6 billion deal, which was announced nearly ...

PORTLAND — Kroger and Albertsons were expected to present their closing arguments Tuesday in a U.S. District Court hearing on their proposed merger, which the federal government hopes to block.

At the heart of the federal government’s fight to block Kroger Co. from buying Albertsons Cos. for $24.6 billion is an existential debate about how Americans buy their groceries today.

Two years after Kroger’s controversial $25 billion plan to take over rival Albertsons, the deal’s fate may be decided by one woman in Portland: U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson in Oregon.