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Grubhub to pay $25MM to settle FTC’s unlawful practices charge 

Food delivery platform Grubhub has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission that it...

4 months ago 4 minute read

FTC to investigate high grocery prices

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to investigate why grocery prices remain high, even as the pace of inflation has...

8 months ago 2 minute read

Kroger-Albertsons release store list to be divested

The Kroger Co. BB #:100073 and Albertsons Companies Inc. BB #:193326 released the list of stores they plan to divest...

9 months ago 2 minute read

FTC releases report on grocery supply chain disruptions during pandemic

March 21, 2024 — The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report on the causes behind grocery supply chain disruptions...

1 year ago 5 minute read

NGA calls for Congressional hearings after FTC grocery report

March 22, 2024 Washington, D.C. – A day after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its findings that big national...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Kroger CEO addresses FTC merger lawsuit after Q4 2023 financial report 

Despite a 0.8 percent drop in comparable-store sales, Kroger BB #:100073 executives were pleased with the retailer’s fourth quarter 2023...

1 year ago 3 minute read

A rough climate for corporate mergers

The climate for corporate mergers isn’t looking too good right now. The supermarket retail chains Kroger BB #:100073 and Albertsons...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Some dietitians are bad influencers

I don’t know exactly what an influencer is, but I suspect it is about more than being a narcissistic teenager...

1 year ago 4 minute read

More doubts about the Kroger-Albertsons merger

You have read it in every mutual funds prospectus: past performance does not guarantee future results. This principle should perhaps...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Why the FTC beef with Amazon excludes grocery

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon Inc. BB #:283186, September 26, alleging that the online...

2 years ago 4 minute read

DOJ-FTC draft guidelines could snag Kroger-Albertsons merger

As I have said before, it is hard to imagine that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Kroger, Albertsons, and Lina Khan

I don’t read too many articles in the Harvard Law & Policy Review, but I read this one. It is...

2 years ago 4 minute read

FTC demands information in supply chain probe

The agency orders Walmart, Amazon, Kroger and other large wholesalers and suppliers to turn over information to help study causes...

3 years ago 3 minute read
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