The merger would have been the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history, but instead was terminated after a court blocked it on Tuesday.

Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.

The proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons is officially dead — and that just might be good news for Dallas-Fort Worth shoppers. On Wednesday, Albertsons and Kroger terminated the grocery store ...