The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR)

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Adobe, Corning, Costco, GrubHub, Kroger, Micron, Shopify, SLM, Walmart, Yelp and More

Posted: September 14, 2018 at 9:05 am

Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Friday, but not so much that the direction of this day looked set. U.S. equity indexes remain near all-time highs at a ...
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Thursday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: September 13, 2018 at 4:08 pm

September 13, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 0.5% at 2,904.22. The DJIA closed up 0.6% at 26,146.27. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% at 8,013.71. Thursday was a positive ...
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Were Kroger’s Earnings Really That Bad?

Posted: September 13, 2018 at 9:45 am

Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) reported fiscal second-quarter 2018 results before markets opened Thursday. The supermarket giant posted adjusted diluted net earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41 on total revenues of ...
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What to Expect When Kroger Reports

Posted: September 12, 2018 at 12:40 pm

Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) is scheduled to release its most recent quarterly results before the markets open on Thursday. The consensus estimates call for $0.37 in earnings per share (EPS) ...
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Adobe, Kroger and More Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: September 9, 2018 at 7:15 am

The second-quarter earnings reporting season is all but over, and though things will be quiet on the earnings front for a while, there still will be a few notable companies ...
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Why Doesn’t Amazon Open More Whole Foods Stores?

Posted: September 7, 2018 at 6:20 am

When Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) bought high-end grocery chain Whole Foods in August 2017, it paid $13.7 billion to get 490 stores in the United States and the United Kingdom. ...
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Walmart Is Latest to Get Into Grocery Delivery Business

Posted: September 6, 2018 at 6:35 am

Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has set a new experiment to deliver groceries to people's homes. The initiative joins similar ones by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR). ...
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Meet Kroger’s Newest Environmental Initiative

Posted: August 23, 2018 at 11:15 am

Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) shares saw a slight bump on Thursday after the company announced that it will phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags across all ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Applied Materials, Baker Hughes, Bloom Energy, Constellation Brands, Deere, JC Penney, Kroger, Nike, Tesla and More

Posted: August 20, 2018 at 9:05 am

Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Monday, but futures were not indicating any solid directional open. Earnings season is now close to 90% of the way to its ...
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As Amazon and Walmart Battle, Kroger Gets Stronger

Posted: August 18, 2018 at 8:25 am

Most of the headlines about the grocery wars are about the battle between Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT). Most recently, Walmart's management told investors its grocery ...
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Walmart Extends Grocery Dominance as Whole Foods Has Too Few Stores

Posted: August 17, 2018 at 6:20 am

Part of Walmart Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) earnings success was its ongoing surge in grocery sales. It continues to be a dominant force in the industry. One of its primary advantages ...
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Whole Foods Doesn’t Have Enough Stores

Posted: August 8, 2018 at 6:20 am

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a problem as it battles for market share in the grocery business. Its recent buyout of Whole Foods gave it ownership of an operation with ...
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FDA Warns on Salad Contamination at Some McDonald’s Restaurants

Posted: August 3, 2018 at 8:40 am

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported on Thursday that there have been 395 confirmed cases of Cyclospora infections among customers of McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) stores in 15 ...
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Kroger’s New Plan, but Does Anyone Want Groceries Delivered?

Posted: August 2, 2018 at 9:05 am

Kroger Co. (NYSE: K), the massive U.S. grocery chain, has decided it wants to expand further into the grocery delivery service. The primary challenge to its new plan is that ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: August 2, 2018 at 5:05 am

Google may censor some of its results to move into the Chinese market. According to Reuters: Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China ...
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