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  1. February 04, 2025

    'Is This A Joke?' Judge Denies Atty Fees For Grocery Patrons

    A California federal judge had so little tolerance for shoppers claiming victory and seeking attorney fees from the abandoned Kroger-Albertsons merger that in tossing their motion and underlying lawsuit he noted with incredulity, "Plaintiffs are actually making these arguments."

  2. January 08, 2025

    Shoppers Say Kroger Merger Suit Still Alive After Nixed Deal

    Consumers challenging the abandoned merger between Kroger Co. and Albertsons urged a California federal court not to toss their case despite two court injunctions against the deal, arguing that they have effectively prevailed on their antitrust claims and should get an injunction and attorney fees.

  3. March 11, 2024

    Shoppers' Kroger, Albertsons Suit Shelved Pending FTC Case

    A California federal judge pumped the brakes Monday on a private lawsuit challenging Kroger's $24.6 billion bid for Albertsons, preferring to wait on the outcome of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against the deal newly filed in Oregon federal court.

  4. March 07, 2024

    Kroger, Albertsons Want Shoppers' Suit To Await FTC Case

    Kroger and Albertsons told a California federal judge Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to their $24.6 billion merger should take precedence over a private lawsuit they want paused while the FTC case plays out in Oregon federal court.

  5. February 15, 2024

    Shoppers Say Albertsons-Kroger Suit Shortcomings Fixed

    Consumers challenging Kroger's $24.6 billion bid for Albertsons defended their revised lawsuit in California federal court against the supermarkets' latest dismissal bid, arguing their tweaked complaint now adequately identifies the affected stores and lays out how the deal threatens competition.

  6. February 01, 2024

    Albertsons, Kroger Slam Shoppers' Last Shot To Fight Merger

    Albertsons and Kroger urged a California judge Wednesday to toss for good a challenge to the grocers' proposed $24.6 billion merger, saying the customers' second amended complaint "parrots" arguments the court previously rejected for lack of standing.

  7. December 21, 2023

    Kroger-Albertsons Merger Challenge Given One Last Shot

    Shoppers who are trying to block a $24.6 billion tie-up of the country's two top grocers, Kroger and Albertsons, will be given one more chance to fill the holes in their lawsuit "out of an abundance of caution," the California federal judge overseeing the matter said.

  8. November 13, 2023

    Shoppers Defend Challenge Of $25B Kroger, Albertsons Deal

    Shoppers told a California federal court that their renewed suit seeking to block Kroger's $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons alleges the merger would reduce competition in national and local grocery store markets, resulting in higher prices and other harm to consumers.

  9. October 18, 2023

    Kroger, Albertsons Slam Renewed Bid To Block $25B Merger

    The Kroger Co., Albertsons Companies Inc. and one of the latter grocer's major investors urged a California federal judge to throw out an amended challenge to their $25 billion merger, arguing that the deficiencies in the case that led the court to call it an "exceedingly weak presentation" still persist.

  10. October 03, 2023

    Shoppers Take Second Shot At Kroger-Albertsons Suit

    A group of grocery shoppers and their attorney are back in California federal court with an amended complaint seeking to block Kroger's $25 billion merger with Albertsons, months after a judge called their first try "exceedingly weak."

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