A ruling in the Kroger-Albertsons merger case will hinge on how Judge for Oregon Adrienne Nelson interprets a 1980s-era definition of the grocery industry.

A merger of Kroger and Albertsons would cost Colorado consumers as much as $500 million a year because of a lack of competition, a lawyer from the Colorado Attorney General’s office argued Monday at the start of the state’s trial seeking to block the ...

An attorney directed particular ire toward the New Hampshire-based company, C&S Wholesale Grocers, which would acquire 579 stores sold off by the grocer after they combined.