Daytona 500 Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Is Living Through A ‘Career-Defining Moment’

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 47 Kroger/Cottonelle Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew … [+] after winning the 65th annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. (Photo by Mike ...

Kroger workers who quit are getting texts and emails from the company asking them to come back

Former Kroger employees who left the company have been getting some surprising texts and emails. The supermarket operator—the nation’s largest by sales—wants them back, and it isn’t being shy about re...

Kroger Stock Surges by Over 1% on Intraday Basic 

Kroger Co.(NYSE:KR) stock price rose by 1.23% and was trading at $45.18 before the market closed on February 1 2023. The January 31 closing price was $44.63. The first Kroger store was established in ...

Kroger, Target, and High Prices: 2022’s Biggest Retail Stories

Covid created havoc for retailers in 2021. After a year when Americans suffered through lockdowns and most of us largely stayed at home, the great reopening of 2022 made it really hard for chains to d...

Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger Could Have the Solution to Grocery Deliveries

Shoppers returning to stores in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, venture-capital money drying up, and higher labor costs mean the first golden age of food delivery looks to be over. But customers ha...

Costco’s Sales Update Slams the Stock. Strong Grocery Sales Aren’t Enough.

Stock in Costco dropped Thursday as its same-store sales fell short of expectations, a rare miss for the warehouse club owner that highlights how strong sales of groceries aren’t enough to make up for...

Kroger (KR) earnings Q3 2022

Kroger on Thursday raised its forecast for the year after stronger fiscal third-quarter sales topped Wall Street expectations and inflation continued to push up the prices shoppers pay for milk, eggs ...

Kroger and Albertsons executives defend proposed merger at hearing

Albertsons and Kroger supermarkets Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images; Brandon Bell | Getty Images The battle over whether grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons should be allowed to combine is ...

A Look At Some Of The Earnings Coming The Week Of November 28

Businesswomen getty The past few weeks have been a whirlwind on the earnings front with very little room to breathe. In lieu of weekly summaries I took a hiatus and a few throw downs and deep dives wi...

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Spells Doom, Gloom And Boom

The merger of Kroger and Albertsons would put control of the grocery industry into the hands of … [+] three companies, which together would represent more than half of the sector by revenue. get...

Kroger, Albertsons And Food Deserts: Yes, We Should Worry

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 14: The Albertsons logo is displayed in front of an Albertsons … [+] grocery store in Los Angeles, California. Top grocery retailer Kroger has agreed to a...

Judge Pauses Albertsons’ $4 Billion Special Dividend From Kroger Merger

A Washington judge has blocked Albertsons Cos. from paying out $4 billion in dividends while regulators review its proposed merger with Kroger.   King County Superior Court Commissioner Henry Judson a...

Ocado Group Shares Soar 33% As It Announces South Korea Tie-Up

Photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images In Pictures via Getty Images Grocery and technology firm Ocado Group surged on Tuesday following news of a partnership with a major South Korean superma...

Albertsons Says It Planned $4 Billion Payout Before Kroger Deal

(Bloomberg) — Plans by Albertsons Cos. to pay $4 billion to shareholders as a special dividend were developed before the company started talking about a potential merger with Kroger Co., accordi...

California attorney general demands Albertsons delay $4-billion dividend ahead of possible Kroger merger

Kroger said Oct. 14 that it has agreed to acquire rival grocery store chain Albertsons in a $20-billion deal. (Ed Pevos / Associated Press) California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and his peers in several oth...

It’s Time To Talk Turkey, La Niña Is Coming Back, And How The Ukraine War Keeps Aggravating Global Food Shortages

I hate to rev up anxiety, but it’s time to start figuring out what you’re sourcing for Thanksgiving. These next few weeks are going to fly by. Given sky-high inflation, drought pushing up prices, and ...

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Big Player in Retail Advertising

The proposed merger of Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. would reshape the U.S. supermarket industry by combining its two largest operators. It also would create a big player in so-called retail media, o...

Kroger Pauses Buybacks to Prioritize Debt Reduction After Albertsons Deal Closes

Grocery giant Kroger Co. is pausing share buybacks ahead of its planned acquisition of rival Albertsons Cos. Inc., aiming to use the additional cash to reduce its debt as it closes one of the biggest ...

Why is Kroger buying Albertsons, and how will it affect shoppers?

Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen in the produce section of the Oakley Kroger Marketplace. Kroger’s plan to acquire supermarket rival Albertsons in a nearly $25 billion deal would create a grocery jugg...

Kroger unveils $24.6 bln deal to buy smaller grocery chain Albertsons

Kroger has inked a deal with Albertsons to purchase the smaller grocery retailer for $24.6 billion. The acquisition will establish a national footprint “to serve America with fresh, affordable food,” ...

Here Are Two Lesser-Known Winners In The Kroger-Albertsons Merger

The Kroger-Albertsons link-up would yield some surprising winners. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Kroger’s plan to buy ...

Kroger and Albertsons Say the Merger Will Cut Prices. Their Shares Are Tumbling.

With inflation still an untamed threat, Friday’s announced merger of the grocers Kroger and Albertsons will spur debate about whether the consolidation will raise food prices, or lower them. The Biden...

Kroger agrees to buy Albertsons for $24.6 billion

Rival grocers Kroger and Albertsons on Friday announced plans to team up. The companies said Kroger agreed to buy Albertsons for $34.10 a share in a deal valued at $24.6 billion. Albertsons shares had...

How Kroger plans to win over regulators, investors

A customer shops for eggs in a Kroger grocery store on August 15, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Kroger knows it needs the blessing of investors and federal regulators to pull off...

Why did Kroger buy Albertsons? My three takes

Grocery store giant The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) announced Friday a merger with rival Albertsons Companies Inc. (NYSE: ACI) as part of a $24.6 billion deal. Kroger, the second largest grocery store retai...

Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Purchase of Albertsons to Create a Grocery Giant

Grocery giant Kroger said it was acquiring rival Albertsons in a roughly $24.6 billion tie-up that will help drive profitability and establish a larger footprint of nearly 5,000 stores. Kroger (ticker...

Kroger Wants to Merge With Albertsons to Create US Grocery Giant

(Bloomberg) — Kroger Co. is in talks about a tie-up with rival Albertsons Cos. in a deal that would create a US grocery giant, people familiar with the matter said. Most Read from Bloomberg An a...

Why It Makes Sense For Kroger And Albertson’s To Merge

Consumers will be shopping in aisles like this less and less as time goes on. getty Disclosure: I am an investor in Albertson’s. By noon today, Albertson’s stock was up over 10% on reports that it wil...

Albertsons merger with Kroger could be announced this week

Kroger could announce a deal to buy rival grocery company Albertsons this week, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. Shares of Albertsons jumped and were briefly halted on Thursday morning after new...

What Kroger, Walmart, Target learned from China about grocery’s future

Now going on 140 years in business, Cincinnati-based Kroger sped up its push into digital retailing during the pandemic, and grocery store chain isn’t looking back.       Kroger has adopted an o...

Big Changes Coming to Starbucks in Target, Kroger

Starbucks  (SBUX)  has been in Target  (TGT)  locations for well over two decades. Since 2003, a Starbucks coffee shop has been put in almost all of the new builds of Target stores, (as long as there ...

Zscaler, DocuSign, Virgin Galactic, Kroger and more

The Kroger supermarket chain’s headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lisa Baertlein | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Zscaler — Zscaler surged 20%...