The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Albertsons Companies Inc. (NYSE: ACI) are pausing their proposed $24.6 billion merger as federal and state lawsuits seek to block their union. The Wall Street Journal reports the supermarket giants agreed to a temporary injunction in a...
The retail holding company Ahold Delhaize USA is planning to close an unspecified number of its Stop & Shop supermarkets. Supermarket News reported that CEO JJ Fleeman made the announcement during a recent investor strategy meeting. Fleeman did not say how many...
Roughly five months after the upscale grocery chains Foxtrot Market and Dom’s Kitchen & Market merged in an all-stock deal to become Outfox Hospitality, the combined entity announced the immediate closure of all 35 of its stores. The impacted location includes 33...
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Albertsons Companies Inc. (NYSE: ACI) plan to divest an additional 166 supermarkets to gain regulatory approval of their proposed $24.6 billion merger. The Kroger-Albertsons transaction was announced last October, but in February a...