Legal
Colorado Judge Temporarily Halts Kroger-Albertsons Merger
- Trial on state AG’s challenge to deal scheduled for Sept. 30
- Order cancels need for hearing that was set to begin Aug. 12
Shoppers at an Albertsons grocery store in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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A Colorado judge issued an order temporarily blocking the proposed $25 billion merger of Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos., which has been challenged by the state attorney general.
At a hearing in Denver on Thursday, Judge Andrew J. Luxen granted a preliminary injunction halting the deal and cancelled a hearing that was scheduled for Aug. 12. Instead, Luxen will oversee a two-week trial on the merits of the proposed tie-up beginning on Sept. 30.