Amazon tops other U.S. online retailers on price by an average of 20% across 16 key product categories, but in grocery it’s Kroger — not Walmart — that stands as the No. 2 price competitor, a study by Profitero finds. The e-commerce analytics firm’s “Price Wars: A Study of Price [...]
Early in 2019, Kroger’s was listed by a top retail research firm as the fourth-largest grocer in the world. Yet, the year that began with such a proud status, has seen the brand endure a difficult period in the US. The company announced plans to lay off hundreds of employees [...]
Kroger announced a new plan to standardize date labels for its private label food products aimed at providing consumers with easier-to-understand information about quality and safety, according to a press release. Earlier this year, Kroger began transitioning its food products to one of two date labels. "Use By" indicates the [...]
With labor negotiations making little headway, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) are now reaching out to Ralphs Grocery Co. customers in Southern California. UFCW today said thousands of Ralphs grocery workers it represents have launched a campaign offering customers at 196 Ralphs supermarkets in the region a six-hour notice [...]
Walmart and Amazon are major presences in the world of American retail. Both are places where you seem to be able to get pretty much anything, so it came as no surprise to learn that they were first and second, respectively, in Kantar Consulting's ranking of the top 50 U.S. [...]
Kroger Co., the giant but aging supermarket chain, has unleashed a flurry of initiatives to ensure it won’t get thumped in a post-Amazon-buying-Whole-Foods world: It is revamping locations, bought a meal-kit company, and sold off its convenience-store business. Its biggest gamble, though, is a partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group [...]
The Kroger Co. achieved over $1 billion in cost savings last year, money that it’s reinvesting in store remodels, price reductions and new ways to boost online sales. Some shareholders are worried that cost cutting has started to impact the quality of the shopping experience at Kroger. “There’s only so [...]
Kroger will begin carrying topical products containing CBD at stores in 17 states this week, The Detroit News first reported. The products offered will include balms, oils, lotions and creams, which have FDA approval, and will range in price from $3.99 to $59.99. Customers can find CBD products at 945 Kroger stores in [...]
More than 9,000 union members who work for Indianapolis-area Kroger Co. stores have approved a new three-year labor agreement with the grocery chain. The agreement covers members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 700 who work at 71 central Indiana Kroger stores. According to a statement issued [...]
The Kroger Co. plans to pilot a reusable packaging system for leading consumer brands in an exclusive grocery retail partnership with Loop US LLC, a circular online shopping platform developed by waste management firm TerraCycle. Kroger, along with retail pharmacy chain Walgreens, will be the first U.S. retailers to employ [...]