Kroger’s $25 billion proposed takeover of rival Albertsons ultimately failed because two judges – one federal and the other from the state of Washington – didn’t buy the competitive vision the grocers were trying to sell,

Meanwhile, Wegmans revealed that its latest store opening will happen on New York’s Long Island early next year. The 101,000-square-foot supermarket will be the grocer’s first on Long Island and will employ more than 500 associates in full- and part-time roles.

Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger a day after it was rejected in two courts and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval of the $24.6 billion agreement.