The merger between grocery store giants Kroger and Albertsons was halted by Judge Adrienne Nelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on

Oregon U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson, an appointee of President Joe Biden, ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and against the large grocery chains. Nelson's decision, along with one from Washington state court Judge Marshall Ferguson,

Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger a day after it was rejected in two courts and it is suing the chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval of the $24.6B agreement.