Attorneys for the state and for the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains wrapped up a trial Thursday over the companies’ proposed $24.6 billion merger by disparaging each other’s expert witnesses and accusing the other of pushing an agenda that will harm Colorado shoppers and workers.

Colorado argues the outcome of this case will not just shape where people in Colorado buy groceries but what is available and how much they pay.

After nearly four weeks, the trial between Colorado and the main players of a $24.6 billion grocery merger deal is over.

The trial aimed at halting the $24.6 billion merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons is nearing its end as closing arguments were presented in Washington on Tuesday.

Supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons have been locking horns with Colorado’s attorney general for nearly three weeks as the companies defend their $25 billion merger in Denver district court.

The state attorney general sued in February to block Kroger’s proposed $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons that would merge two of the state’s largest grocers.

Colorado’s case points to Kroger and Albertsons' anti-competitive past as federal antitrust trial over $24.6 billion merger wraps