King Soopers and City Market Stores in Colorado have ratified new labor agreements with UFCW Local 7, Kroger Co. announced Friday.
The contracts cover more than 10,000 associates in 103 stores, 36 fuel centers, and pharmacy technicians in 78 p...
SN’s list of 25 people, teams and happenings that are food industry game changers include these notables in the "Influencing Store Formats and Competition" category:
• Brian Cornell, CEO and chairman of Target Corp., is initiating changes in T...
Kroger on Thursday said identical-store sales in the fiscal third quarter exceeded the company’s expectations behind increases in both the volume of shoppers and trip frequency.
Deli, produce and natural and organics showed particular strength...
INFLUENCING STORE FORMATS AND COMPETITION
Gil Phipps, VP of corporate brands, Kroger Co.
HOW HE’S DISRUPTING: Gil Phipps is taking the “corporate” out of Kroger’s brands by giving them a strong dose of personality.
Kroger’s courtship of Roundy’s Supermarkets began with a meeting between senior executives of the two retailers in August, and the marriage finalized after Roundy’s discovered its quarterly financial results would not meet market projections.
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Given all of the merger and acquisitions that have occurred in the past few years and the prominent retail bankruptcies and liquidations, it is easy to get a bit cynical about another deal. In the recently announced Kroger and Roundy’s merger, th...
Bob MarianoFrom Kroger’s point of view, mergers are about giving as much as receiving.
In acquiring Roundy’s Supermarkets — and in particular its Chicago-based fresh superstores under the Mariano’s Fresh Market banner — the Cincinnati-based re...
While Kroger’s announced acquisition of Roundy’s provides the buyer with an exciting high-volume format in the Chicago market, the deal might also provide a lifeline for struggling banners in Wisconsin.
Observers who spoke to SN in the afterma...