Kroger-Albertsons Merger Takes Major Hit From The FTC, Is It The End?

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 14: A shopper visits Albertsons at 3901 Crenshaw Blvd on Friday, Oct. 14, ... [+] 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. Kroger, that parent company of Ralphs, plans to buy Albertsons, parent company of Vons, in a deal valued at $24.6 billion, a merger that would combine the two largest grocery-store chains in the U.S. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesKroger and Albertsons ACI , two of the nation’s largest supermarket chains agreed to merge in ...