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CINCINNATI — Grocery chain Kroger countersued Albertsons on Tuesday, escalating a legal battle between the companies following the collapse of their proposed $25 billion merger in December.

Albertsons and Kroger spent over two years and more than $850 million on an unsuccessful effort to merge. The two supermarket giants are now spending additional money fighting over the fallout.

Cincinnati-based Kroger Tuesday filed a countersuit against Albertsons, the latest legal fallout from a failed merger between the two grocery giants. Albertsons filed suit against Kroger after the ...

(Reuters) -U.S. grocery chain Kroger countersued Albertsons on Tuesday, escalating a legal battle between the companies following the collapse of their proposed $25 billion merger in December.