Analysis
Norm Singleton, “With Neither the Facts nor the Law on Its Side, the FTC Pounds the Table,” Real Clear Markets, April 22, 2024.
Brian Albrecht, “Kroger/Albertsons: Is Labor Bargaining Power an Antitrust Harm?,” Truth on the Market, April 15, 2024.
Sean Heather, “The FTC’s Grocery Theories Should Stay on the Shelf,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 25, 2024.
Steve Forbes, “This is Why the Concept of Antitrust Should Be Junked,” Forbes, March 15, 2024.
Alex Reinauer and Ryan Young, “SNAP Back to Reality: Why the FTC Needs a Broader View of the Kroger-Albertsons Case,” National Review, March 13, 2024.
Ryan Young, “The FTC, The Kroger-Albertsons Merger, and the Relevant Market Fallacy,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, March 13, 2024.
Fred Ashton, “FTC to Test New Merger Guidelines in Kroger/Albertsons Challenge,” American Action Forum, March 6, 2024.
The Editors, “FTC’s Incoherent Case Against Kroger-Albertsons Merger,” National Review, March 4, 2024.
Sean Higgins, “FTC Declares Mergers to Be Union-Busting,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, March 1, 2024.
Dominic Pino, “The Organized-Labor Subplot in the FTC’s Decision to Block the Kroger/Albertsons Merger,” National Review, February 28, 2024.
Editorial Board, “The FTC’s Grocery Gift to Walmart and Amazon,” Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2024.
Alex Reinauer, Jessica Melugin, and Ryan Young, “FTC Suit to Stop Krogers-Albertsons Merger Would Harm Consumers,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, February 26, 2024.
Isaac Schick, “Despite Divestments, the FTC Still Can’t Handle Kroger/Albertsons,” Real Clear Markets, November 30, 2023.
Nate Scherer, “FTC Fights Grocery Store Merger that May Bring Down Prices,” Reason, November 24, 2023.
Brian Albrecht et al., “Food-Retail Competition, Antitrust Law, and the Kroger/Albertsons Merger,” International Center for Law & Economics, October 17, 2023.
Nate Scherer, “An FTC Challenge to Kroger-Albertsons Merger Seems Likely to Fail,” American Consumer Institute, September 15, 2023.
Brian Albrecht et al., “Five Problems with a Potential FTC Challenge to the Kroger/Albertsons Merger,” International Center for Law & Economics, July 27, 2023.
Jessica Melugin and Ryan Young, “Union Risks Job Loss in Bid to Stop Kroger/Albertsons Merger,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 21, 2022.
Clyde Wayne Crews, Jessica Melugin, and Kent Lassman, “Kroger Merger with Albertsons Would Allow More Competitive Pressure on Other Market Leaders,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 14, 2022.