FDA sues to block Kroger-Albertson Supermarket Merger

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After months of speculation and delay, the Federal Trade Commission moved Monday to prevent the proposed $25 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons, claiming that the largest grocery merger in U.S. history would raise prices and hurt workers. 

Legal experts say the government’s lawsuit, which contends the merger will reduce the competition that now keeps prices down, could take a year or more to get through various hearings and appeals. The FTC has asked the court to block the deal while the complicated case is being heard.

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