Attorneys for Kroger and Albertsons insisted the deal would boost competition by strengthening both companies as a unified company, repeated company promises to lower grocery pric

Closing arguments are coming up in the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to block the proposed merger of supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons.

A decision on the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons could be coming soon as the Federal Trade Commission hopes to get an injunction.

Kroger argued its merger with Albertsons would lead to immediately lower prices for consumers, but the Federal Trade Commission said the supermarket merger would kill competition and harm the workforce.

The largest ever supermarket merger was first proposed in October, 2022. Kroger announced that it planned to buy rival Albertsons for $24.6 billion. In 2015 Albertsons acquired Safeway, so there