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Kroger sells Turkey Hill brand

Last post by BillyGr « March 22nd, 2019, 8:52 am
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by storewanderer » March 19th, 2019, 9:44 pm

Digital coupon unit last week, Turkey Hill this week.

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Last post by BillyGr
March 22nd, 2019, 8:52 am
Ahold Delhaize to roll out Nature's Promise line to all banners

Last post by storewanderer « March 20th, 2019, 7:03 pm
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by cathandler » November 9th, 2017, 12:52 am

An interesting tidbit in their quarterly blurb

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March 20th, 2019, 7:03 pm
Kroger to end Visa acceptance at Smiths April 3

Last post by storewanderer « March 16th, 2019, 11:57 pm
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by storewanderer » March 1st, 2019, 7:34 am

Let's see if this actually happens.

This will really hurt them, especially in Nevada and Utah where Smiths has a lot of competition. I am...

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March 16th, 2019, 11:57 pm
Kroger and creepy PA Announcements

Last post by storewanderer « March 16th, 2019, 11:29 pm
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by storewanderer » January 14th, 2019, 10:44 pm
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Kroger really needs to do something with their creepy PA Announcements they have started to play in the stores that serve no benefit to the customer....
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March 16th, 2019, 11:29 pm
Kroger sells Digital Coupon Unit, with long term forward contract

Last post by storewanderer « March 16th, 2019, 10:49 am

by storewanderer » March 16th, 2019, 10:49 am

I see Kroger has sold its Digital Coupon unit off to Inmar. I guess this is the You Technology division that is based out in San Francisco area.

I...

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March 16th, 2019, 10:49 am
Kroger Missed Analysts Expectations for Q4 2018

Last post by storewanderer « March 8th, 2019, 11:23 pm
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by SamSpade » March 7th, 2019, 11:18 am

The media coverage again seems to blame Amazon! Amazon! Amazon! :|
Kroger shares plunge. . .

The stock lost almost $3bn in value today. :shock:...

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March 8th, 2019, 11:23 pm
Albertsons/Safeway 2018 & 2019: Openings and Closings

Last post by storewanderer « March 5th, 2019, 10:52 pm
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Last year , I made a thread for the openings and closings of stores in the Albertsons family and for 2018 I intend to do the same. Also like last...
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March 5th, 2019, 10:52 pm
Report: Amazon planning to open new (non Whole Foods) grocery stores

Last post by pseudo3d « March 4th, 2019, 7:24 am
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by Brian Lutz » March 1st, 2019, 1:16 pm
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According to this article, Amazon is leasing grocery store properties in various cities, and plans to a store in Los Angeles by the end of 2019....
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March 4th, 2019, 7:24 am
Epicurious Best Grocery in America series

Last post by 1111072036 « March 1st, 2019, 12:04 pm
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by SamSpade » February 23rd, 2019, 6:06 pm

If you want to fall down a rabbit hole... :)

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March 1st, 2019, 12:04 pm
Western Family being replaced by Food Club at Associated Food Stores??

Last post by storewanderer « February 24th, 2019, 8:43 pm
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by storewanderer » June 25th, 2018, 5:40 pm
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Does not seem conclusive, but, interesting in any case... Associated was by far the biggest promoter of Western Family products...

I wonder if...
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February 24th, 2019, 8:43 pm
Kroger to stop offering paper bags with handles

Last post by storewanderer « February 21st, 2019, 10:48 pm
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by storewanderer » February 21st, 2019, 7:04 pm

Interesting they only offered these in some stores to begin with. Smiths has had paper bags with handles in all stores for years.

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February 21st, 2019, 10:48 pm
Let’s talk about Kroger Pay.

Last post by storewanderer « February 18th, 2019, 9:43 pm
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by 1111072036 » February 14th, 2019, 5:04 pm

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February 18th, 2019, 9:43 pm
Safeway expansion of drug department

Last post by Alpha8472 « February 18th, 2019, 11:20 am
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by storewanderer » February 17th, 2019, 12:20 am

Noticed tonight in a NorCal Safeway they made some changes to the drug department. Gone are the four feet high shelves in half of drug and a center...

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February 18th, 2019, 11:20 am
'United Natural Foods to buy Eden Prairie-based Supervalu for $1.26 billion'

Last post by SamSpade « February 14th, 2019, 11:41 am
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by mbz321 » July 26th, 2018, 8:30 am
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United Natural Foods is buying Supervalu for $1.26 billion, creating a grocery food wholesaler with a diverse customer base.

United Natural Foods...
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February 14th, 2019, 11:41 am
Integration of Albertsons and Safeway

Last post by storewanderer « February 7th, 2019, 10:45 pm
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Now that Albertsons and Safeway are one, maybe it is time to start talking about how the banners from both companies are being integrated. I already...
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February 7th, 2019, 10:45 pm
Safeway re-installs self checkout

Last post by storewanderer « February 5th, 2019, 7:05 pm
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by storewanderer » January 26th, 2019, 12:04 am

About 3 years ago the Safeway in Sparks, NV took its self checkouts out. I assume some kind of Albertsons decision, but this was the only store in...

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February 5th, 2019, 7:05 pm
Kroger Changes Strategy

Last post by Brian Lutz « February 4th, 2019, 11:28 am
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Looks like the era of new, large Marketplace stores may be over.

Kroger plans to utilize more of its capital to fund technology and infrastructure...
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February 4th, 2019, 11:28 am
Whole Foods Expansion

Last post by pseudo3d « January 20th, 2019, 2:28 pm
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by Alpha8472 » December 31st, 2018, 4:44 am
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Amazon is a huge company with tons of money and they are now saying that they going expand Whole Foods. They are looking into expanding into suburban...
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January 20th, 2019, 2:28 pm
Kroger Ship

Last post by storewanderer « January 17th, 2019, 8:11 pm
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by storewanderer » January 17th, 2019, 7:37 pm

It looks like Kroger has another online branch at ship.kroger.com . This one is for non-perishables and free shipping over $35 but not to Alaska or...

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January 17th, 2019, 8:11 pm
Albertsons raises $660 million in sale-leaseback of 5 distro centers

Last post by storewanderer « January 11th, 2019, 11:38 pm

by storewanderer » January 11th, 2019, 11:38 pm

Another sale-leaseback... looks like debt reduction is the goal on this. They are lucky Kroger is not expanding the west coast operations much.

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January 11th, 2019, 11:38 pm
Kroger (Simple Truth) commercial airing nationally

Last post by storewanderer « January 11th, 2019, 11:24 pm
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by trainman » January 8th, 2019, 11:14 am

I was surprised to see a commercial for Kroger's Simple Truth brand running as a national ad during the broadcast of the Golden Globes this past...

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January 11th, 2019, 11:24 pm
Americans who love to cook on the decline - how will grocers react?

Last post by storewanderer « January 11th, 2019, 11:16 pm
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by SamSpade » December 17th, 2018, 10:50 am

From Boston's WGBH Radio and PRI, Innovation Hub frequently talks about the food industry.
This week they (I think re-ran) a program about changes...

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January 11th, 2019, 11:16 pm
Hot foods in grocery stores

Last post by buckguy « January 9th, 2019, 2:54 pm
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by storewanderer » January 7th, 2019, 9:23 pm

When did grocery stores start to offer hot foods? I recently saw a Mayfair ad clip from a 1969 grand opening and it had hot foods advertised (bbq...

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January 9th, 2019, 2:54 pm
Kroger Stores starts a "fearless flyer" competitor

Last post by storewanderer « January 8th, 2019, 11:11 pm
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by SamSpade » January 8th, 2019, 11:07 pm

This is clearly a riff on the Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer...
The Kroger Co. Treasure EmporiYum (note, this is a PDF link)

Just in case you may...

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January 8th, 2019, 11:11 pm
Kroger May Sell Off Its Convenience Store Chains, Including Kwik Shop, Tom Thumb, Turkey Hill

Last post by storewanderer « December 24th, 2018, 10:24 am
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Kroger announced this morning that it has retained Goldman Sachs to evaluate its options for the convenience store division, which operates 784...
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December 24th, 2018, 10:24 am

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