When it comes to love and corporate mergers… breakups are hard.

Albertsons backed out of a deal with Kroger after two judges blocked the grocery companies from merging into one. Now Albertsons is suing Kroger over the failed deal.

Seattle Times Business Reporter Paul Roberts is here to make sense of the fallout.

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