Grocery Dive reported the development on 2025-03-21. The grocery distributor and wholesaler alleges Kroger took the lead on the merger and then botched the handling of regulators’ concerns.
The report places the news in a wider commercial context. The Friday Checkout is a weekly column providing more insight on the news, rounding up the announcements you may have missed and sharing what’s to come. In its lawsuit against Kroger, C&S Wholesale Grocers paints a picture of why the Kroger-Albertsons merger was unsuccessful — and it’s very similar to claims Albertsons made in its own suit against Kroger.
For the food sector, the practical implications extend beyond the immediate announcement.
Attention now turns to how companies, customers and regulators respond. C&S and Albertsons allege in their respective lawsuits that Kroger was responsible for managing the regulatory approval process. Multiple times, Kroger presented changes to the divestiture plan with minor adjustments that did not fully address regulators’ concerns, C&S alleges.
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