FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Koninklijke Ahold's Proposed Acquisition of Genuardi's Supermarkets was Anticompetitive

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Koninklijke Ahold N.V.'s proposed acquisition of Genuardi's supermarkets would have been anticompetitive in the local grocery market in Newtown, Pennsylvania. The final order resolving the charges preserves competition in the local grocery market by requiring Ahold to sell a supermarket in Newtown, Pennsylvania to McCaffrey's supermarkets.

The Commission vote approving the final order and letter to the one public commenter was 5-0. (FTC File No. 121-0055; the staff contact is Jill M. Frumin, Bureau of Competition, 202-326-2758; see press release dated June 15, 2012.)

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(FYI 28.2012.wpd)