{
  "id": 16201903,
  "title": "The Friday Checkout: Did Kroger really want to merge with Albertsons?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/the-friday-checkout-did-kroger-really-want-to-merge-with-albertsons",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:08:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Grocery Dive",
    "slug": "grocery-dive",
    "url": "https://www.grocerydive.com/news/the-friday-checkout-kroger-albertsons-trial-failed-merger/833772/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The grocers’ former CEOs made clear at trial this week that they were never on the same page about how to win approval for their controversial plan to combine.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}