Kroger will face off with regulators over its embattled proposed merger with Albertsons – this time against Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.

This story by Lindsey Toomer appeared on Colorado Newsline on September 26, 2024. Workers and community members form a picket line outside a Denver King Soopers, after United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 began a strike over stalled labor negotiations on Jan. 12, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)

The third trial challenging the proposed Kroger, Albertsons merger began Monday in a Denver district court, but the case differs from separate lawsuits brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the Washington attorney general as it seeks $1 million each in civil penalties from the two grocers.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser held a virtual media briefing Thursday to provide an update on the lawsuit looking to block the potential merger between grocers Kroger and Albertsons. The challenge brought forth by Weiser follows two other lawsuits in Oregon and Washington State claiming a merger between the two would

Colorado’s top lawyer is preparing to present his case at a trial set to begin Monday regarding why a $25 billion merger between Kroger and Albertsons should be rejected. The trial, which will be

The Colorado Attorney General says if this grocery store merger goes through, Coloradans could see store closures, layoffs, and higher grocery prices.