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  1. Trends & External Forces

Kroger Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Results, Announces Guidance for 2024

Comments from Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen. "Kroger achieved strong 2023 results, in line with our long-term growth model and built upon three consecutive years of historic growth.
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  1. Corporate Finance

Kroger’s Q4 earnings beat expectations

CINCINNATI—Kroger reported flat sales for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, but profits beat expectations. The retailer reported a $736 million profit on sales of $37.1 billion for the three-month period. Kroger noted that identical sales (excluding fuel decreased 0.8% in the quarter, while underlying identical sales without fuel increased 0.1%. The […]
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  1. Data & Insights

The Innovation Conversation:  Data Illuminated

The continuing goal of “The Innovation Conversation” is to explore some facet of the fast-changing, technology-driven retail landscape and how it affects businesses and consumers. It is, we think, fertile territory … and one that Tom Furphy – a former Amazon executive who led the team that developed Amazon Fresh, and currently CEO and Managing […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Target Primes New Paid Membership Program

Following in the footsteps of Amazon Prime and Walmart+, Target announced the launching of Target Circle 360, a new paid membership program described by the company as “a new paid membership that includes unlimited free same-day delivery for orders over $35 in as little as an hour with no delivery fees or markups, free two-day […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Target Adds Paid Option to Loyalty Program

Target is adding a paid option to its loyalty program, offering free same-day delivery from the retailer’s Shipt subsidiary and its 100+ retail partners. The Target Circle 360 program’s annual $99 fee will be only $49 (for the first year) for customers who sign up from April 7, when the program kicks off, through May […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Gelson’s Closes (Jinxed?) Laguna Beach Store

The Orange County Register reports that Gelson’s has closed its store in Laguna beach, California, “citing unprofitability and tough economics.” “The limited population of the area coupled with challenging economic headwinds for grocers in California have unfortunately made this decision necessary,” said John Bagan, Gelson’s president-CEO.  “Despite an amazing and dedicated team, Laguna Beach has […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

SN Top 10: Kroger, Albertsons, Grocery Outlet top the week’s headlines

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was The FTC-Kroger, Albertsons fight could be long and complicated. The lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against the $24.6 billion K  
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger lets downtown Cincinnati lease lapse

Unknown number of Kroger employees move to Blue Ash Technology Center, Kroger Co. has allowed the lease to lapse on Cincinnati downtown office space used by the grocer’s digital team, a Kroger spokesperson has confirmed. The workers were relocated from Atrium Two, 221 E. Fourth St., to the company’s Blue Ash Technology Center at 11450 […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Your Views:  SSNIPT Blues

Got this email from an MNB reader: I believe the final ruling on the merger will come down to who best defines “grocery store” for the courts.  If it’s the broader definition that includes WMT, Costco, Dollar General, Target, delivery & remote options, etc., Kroger will prevail.   If the 1980s / FTC definition of […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Tailored to Perfection: Creating a Hyper-Local Shopping Experience with AI

It’s easy to understand, emotionally, why consumers would want to shop from a store that tailors its product assortments to the neighborhood they live in. For large chain retailers, it’s a way of letting the community know that consumers are seen and that the store wants to be part of the community. Ultimately, it sounds […]
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  1. CPG: Food

Your Views:  Minority Opinion?

We’ve posted a lot of commentary and emails against the Kroger-Albertsons deal, so it is important to point out that not everybody feels that way, as one MNB reader wrote: Throughout the saga of the Kroger-Albertsons deal I’ve definitely felt I carry the minority opinion.  I work for a large CPG and engage with Kroger’s […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Finding Food Sales Success at the intersection of Share of Stomach and Share of Wallet.

  Retail food sales success can be found at the intersection of growing your share of stomach and your share of wallet according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® who stated these two metrics play a crucial role in understanding consumer behavior and competitive dynamic driving success today within the […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Your Views: Mass Marketing Lives

I got several reactions to yesterday’s breaking news about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filing suit to block Kroger’s proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons. MNB fave Glen Terbeek wrote: So much mass marketing mentality.  We are past the 1960’s.   What about maximizing market performance of each local store and its shoppers through creating […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

FTC Sues To Block Kroger-Albertsons $25B Merger

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken legal action to halt the proposed $25 billion merger between Kroger and Albertsons, labeling it as potentially harmful to consumers. This merger, slated to be the largest in US supermarket history, aims to combine two of the nation’s top retailers, with brands like Safeway, Vons, Harris Teeter, and […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block Kroger’s proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsons Cos., contending that consumers will see higher prices and workers will see lower wages if the deal goes through. “This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over […]
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Kroger considers Disney+ perk for grocery delivery members

​US retail giant Kroger is reportedly in talks with the Walt Disney Company to offer the Disney+ streaming service as a benefit to paying members of its Kroger Boost grocery delivery programme. The post Kroger considers Disney+ perk for grocery delivery members appeared first on Retail Insight Network.
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Sam’s Club Expands Store Rollout of AI-Powered Exit Tech

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