Faye Guenther President of the local UFCW represents grocery store workers who opposed the $25 billion merger, “It does not help workers when they need to bargain their contracts it does not help farmers when they are bargaining their contracts, and we put together a coalition to stop the merger.”

Judges overseeing two separate cases to block the $24.6 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons put a halt to it on Dec. 10.

Two rulings, made about 30 minutes and 145 miles apart, deal huge blows to grocery-giant Kroger to gobble up its competitor, Albertsons.