Kroger and Albertsons grocery megamerger halted by two courts from NPR Alina Selyukh

A shopper pushes a cart through a Kroger supermarket in Newport, Ky.

Two rulings — in federal and state courts — make it increasingly likely that Kroger might abandon its $24.6 billion plan to buy Albertsons. The merger aimed to combine two of America’s largest supermarket chains.

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