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.
Bernard. H. Kroger is the founder of The Kroger Co. and started the company in the year 1883. The business was initially started as a grocery store, which was later named as Great Western Tea Company. This was the first one of its kind in the United States.