Kroger (KR) merger terminated, BofA Securities sees less risk to Walmart’s dominance in the grocery segment as it’s unlikely any other chain can reach Walmart’s (NYSE:WMT) scale in terms of a national store footprint,

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,

In an historic ruling for labor and antitrust advocates, a federal judge blocked the $25 billion merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons.