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Colorado’s trial against the Kroger-Albertsons merger wraps up next week. Here’s four things you should know.
Supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons have been locking horns with Colorado’s attorney general for nearly three weeks as the companies defend their $25 billion merger in Denver district court.
Kroger-Albertsons merger needed to close pricing gap with Walmart, executives testify
Two Kroger executives took the stand Monday in Denver District Court saying a merger with Albertsons is the key to competing with Walmart.
In Colorado, Safeway would be owned by 2 companies post merger. Neither would be Albertsons.
Highlights of Week 2 in Colorado’s antitrust case to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger include more on who might take over the Safeways.
Colorado rests case challenging Kroger, Albertsons merger
The state attorney general sued in February to block Kroger’s proposed $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons that would merge two of the state’s largest grocers.
Colorado trial focused on Kroger-Albertsons mega merger enters third week
Closing statements in the Colorado trial over what could be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history are expected in the coming days.
Colorado antitrust trial in Kroger-Albertsons merger has King Soopers’ parent dangling 10% price drop
About two weeks before the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Kroger Company’s proposed $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons Companies Inc. in late February, t Attorney General’s Office filed
Kroger and Albertsons merger needed to close the gap with Walmart, executives testify
Two top Kroger Co. executives took the stand Monday in the Denver District Court antitrust trial seeking to block the grocer’s $24.6 billion merger
Who's Susan Morris? Albertsons exec from Denver would run merger’s divested stores
Since the first day of trial in Colorado, lawyers for Kroger and Albertsons have repeatedly brought up the name of a grocery executive they believe has the adequate experience to
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What Kroger’s CEO meant when he said he never thinks about raising prices
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib accuses Kroger of using facial recognition for future surge pricing
The Michigan Democratic released a letter to Kroger on Wednesday accusing the grocery giant of using technology that could ...
Kroger’s Plan to Use Facial Recognition Raises Concerns About Surge Pricing
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Who are King Soopers' real competitors? Merger trial picks apart Colorado grocers
The parent companies of King Soopers and Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons, have stressed throughout the merger process they ...
As Kroger-Albertsons merger faces FTC scrutiny, state lawsuits add further hurdles
The FTC’s arguments largely centered on how they believe the merger would be anticompetitive, while representatives from ...
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Kroger and Albertsons announced that the two companies agreed to temporarily pause their $25 billion merger as a lawsuit filed by Colorado challenging their merger goes to trial. Kroger and ...
Kroger Says It Isn’t Doing Surge Pricing—So Why Are Customers So Upset?
More companies are testing new technologies that enable them to do dynamic pricing, even though customers hate it.