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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.

An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked Kroger’s proposed takeover of Albertsons Tuesday, siding with state and federal regulators who argued a $24.6 billion merger between the two supermarket giants would harm consumers and grocery workers.