Following an aborted merger, Albertsons claims US$6 billion from Kroger

The mega-merger between Kroger, the 3rd largest food retailer in the U.S.A. and Albertsons, the 6th largest, , will not go ahead. On December 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled that a merger posed a risk to competition and consumers. This was despite a commitment to sell 579 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers. In 2015, following the merger between Albertsons and Safeway, Haggen, which took over 146 stores in the merger, went bankrupt after that.

To remember: Albertsons warned Kroger that