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Kroger Fights Suit by Albertsons Over Failed $24.6 Billion Deal
Mar 26 2025 // Kroger Co. is fighting back against a lawsuit brought by Albertsons Cos. over its failed $24.6 billion takeover of the rival grocery chain, escalating a dispute that began after US antitrust enforcers succeeded in blocking...
Kroger Chairman and CEO Resigns Following Investigation Into Personal Conduct
Mar 5 2025 // Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen has resigned after an internal investigation into his personal conduct. Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery chain, said Monday that the investigation into McMullen’s...
Kentucky AG Settles Opioid Suit vs. The Kroger Co. for $110 Million
Jan 13 2025 // Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said Thursday. The state will use...
Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal Blocked by Judges
Dec 12 2024 // A federal judge blocked Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., finding the takeover would lessen competition for US grocery shoppers, in a ruling that marks a likely death knell for the deal. In a...
Kroger Case Tests FTC Chair’s Bid to Protect Workers
Aug 27 2024 // Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s initiative to use antitrust laws to protect workers faces a key test starting Monday when the agency will argue the merger between grocery chain Kroger and its rival...
Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Case Against Albertsons Acquisition
Aug 21 2024 // Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons Cos., claiming the proceeding is unconstitutional. The FTC, eight states and...
FTC Sues to Block Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal
Feb 27 2024 // The US Federal Trade Commission, eight states and Washington DC sued to block Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. Monday, arguing the tie-up would lead to lower wages for workers and higher...
Kentucky Attorney General Sues Kroger, Alleging Role in Opioid Crisis
Feb 14 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Monday against one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, claiming its pharmacies helped fuel the state’s deadly opioid...
Washington State Sues to Block Kroger and Albertsons Proposed Merger
Jan 18 2024 // Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains. In the suit filed in King County Superior Court, Ferguson argued...
Kroger to Pay Up to $1.4 Billion to Resolve Opioid Lawsuits
Sep 8 2023 // Kroger on Friday said it would pay as much as $1.4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes claiming the supermarket chain’s pharmacies helped fuel the...
Albertsons, Kroger CEOs to Defend $25B Merger to Skeptical U.S. Senators
Nov 29 2022 // Top executives at Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. are expected to face tough questions on Tuesday from lawmakers who worry the grocers’ planned $25 billion merger will push up food prices at a time when...
Arkansas Kroger Store Settles $180K Religious Discrimination Suit
Oct 28 2022 // The Kroger Limited Partnership I will pay $180,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced. The EEOC had filed suit on behalf of...
Walgreens, Kroger Join Walmart in Halting Sales of E-Cigarettes
Oct 8 2019 // Kroger Co. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. said on Monday they would stop selling e-cigarettes at their stores, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the product and reports of lung disease and some deaths linked to...
Kroger to Pilot Self-Driving Grocery Delivery in Arizona
Aug 16 2018 // Kroger Co. is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona. The largest grocery chain in the U.S. will start delivering groceries in autonomous-capable Toyota Prius cars starting Aug. 16 at a Fry’s Food Stores...
Federal Appeals Court Denies Kmart Trial Over Flooding of Mississippi Store
Apr 6 2015 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Kmart Corp.’s lawsuit against a shopping center owner for flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth, Miss. Kmart contended it had evidence to support its...
Kmart Asks Appeals Court for Trial Over Flooding in Mississippi Store
Mar 23 2015 // Kmart Corp. is asking a federal appeals court to order a trial in its lawsuit against a shopping center owner for flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth, Miss. Kmart contends it has evidence to support its arguments...
Judge Dismisses Kmart’s Mississippi Flood Damage Suit Against Kroger
Feb 4 2014 // A federal judge has dismissed Kmart Corp.’s lawsuit over flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson ruled that Kmart has insufficient evidence to support its arguments that the...
Kmart’s Flood Damage Claims Against Kroger Going to Trial in Mississippi
Jan 15 2014 // A federal judge has denied a request from Kmart Corp. to file a corrected report on testimony of its engineering expert in a lawsuit over flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson...
Kmart vs. Kroger Flooding Case Set for Trial in Mississippi
Jan 4 2013 // A federal judge has denied requests from the city of Corinth and the Kroger Co. to be dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth. Kmart Corp. is seeking compensation for flood damage at...
Mississippi Kmart Flooding Case Set for Trial
Nov 16 2012 // The Mississippi city of Corinth and the Kroger Co. have asked a federal judge to dismiss them as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth. Kmart Corp. is seeking compensation for flood damage at...
