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Thwarted by federal and state judges, Albertsons gave up on its proposed $24.6 billion sale to Kroger and sued its would-be merger partner.

While there’s a lot of moving parts in the D-FW market, the collapse of the closely watched tie-up between Kroger and Albertsons could give consumers