Seven states and the District of Columbia have adopted the most expansive laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Most recently, California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada all passed measures in November legalizing recreational marijuana.
It also would be Kroger's biggest takeover since 1998, when it bought the Fred Meyer food and merchandise store chain in the Northwest for more than $12 billion, according to financial data service Bloomberg.
News Release. Kroger Completes Merger with Harris Teeter. CINCINNATI and MATTHEWS, N.C., Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. (NYSE: HTSI) today announced that the merger transaction. between the two companies was completed on January 28, 2014.