Kroger

Kroger’s Foundation Aims To Raise $10M For Coronavirus Fund
Kroger’s Foundation Aims To Raise $10M For Coronavirus Fund
April 20, 2020  |  Retail

To help families particularly impacted by the novel coronavirus, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation said it has created the Emergency COVID-19 Response...

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Grocers Speed Up Hiring To Fill eCommerce Orders, Operate Stores
Grocers Speed Up Hiring To Fill eCommerce Orders, Operate Stores
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

As staffers need time away from work to tend to their children, or they become ill, supermarket companies are speeding up hiring to have workers...

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Groceries, Retailers Limit Purchase Of Coronavirus Supplies; Hotels Deal With Cancellations
Groceries, Retailers Limit Purchase Of Coronavirus Supplies; Hotels Deal With Cancellations
March 10, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Target and Kroger, along with other grocery chains, have been limiting the number of items, like disinfectants, that customers can buy in the wake of...

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Kroger’s Fresh Food Push Drives Trips, Loyalty Amid Earnings Beat
Kroger’s Fresh Food Push Drives Trips, Loyalty Amid Earnings Beat
March 05, 2020  |  Earnings

As Kroger aims to keep enhancing its customer connection with investments in what it calls its competitive moats, the grocer’s fourth-quarter identical sales without fuel...

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Legacy Brands’ Retail Shelf Space Is Shrinking
Legacy Brands’ Retail Shelf Space Is Shrinking
February 19, 2020  |  Retail

Legacy brands like Clorox and General Mills are facing increased competition due to store placement by retailers using their own data gathering practices to see...

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Merger, Sale Among Ingredients For Meal-Kit Maker Blue Apron
Merger, Sale Among Ingredients For Meal-Kit Maker Blue Apron
February 19, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

After more customer losses and financial dips, Blue Apron is exploring strategic options going forward that might include putting itself up for sale, according to...

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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Stake In Kroger
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Stake In Kroger
February 16, 2020  |  Investments

Berkshire Hathaway’s new investment in Kroger sent shares soaring Friday (Feb. 14), CNN reported. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is chairman and CEO of Berkshire. Shares of the...

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Walgreens Accelerates Digitalization In Q1
Walgreens Accelerates Digitalization In Q1
January 09, 2020  |  Earnings

As Walgreens made “substantial progress” on accelerating its digitalization, among other strategic priorities, the pharmacy chain had fiscal 2020 first-quarter revenues of $34.3 billion and...

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