Food Marketing Institute spent $880K 4Q lobbying

2010-03-15T06:15:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Food Marketing Institute spent $880,000 in 4Q lobbying government on budget, credit card fees</div><div><p>The Food Marketing Institute, whose members include Safeway Inc. and Kroger Co., spent $880,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby on the federal budg...

Kroger Gas Lawsuits

2010-03-11T19:32:13Z

A gasoline pump screen at a Kroger Co. gas station asks if the customer participates in the company's fuel program, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Cincinnati. Texas-based Excentus Corp. has filed federal suit in Texas against Cincinnati-based Kroger saying it's patents are being ...

Kroger declares quarterly dividend of 9.5 cents

2010-03-11T13:30:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Kroger declares quarterly dividend of 9.5 cents</div><div><p>The Kroger Co., the country's largest grocery retailer, on Thursday declared a quarterly dividend of 9.5 cents per share payable June 1 to shareholders of record as of May 14.</p><p>Shares of Kroger were down 40 cents to $21.75.</p><p>Kroger operates grocery stores in 31 states under brands including Kr...

Texas company, Kroger in legal fight

2010-03-11T11:16:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Texas pump discounts company alleges Kroger violates its patents in gas rewards program</div><div><p>A Dallas area company charges that Kroger Co. is ripping off its technology and methods in the grocery chain's popular gasoline discount rewards program.</p><p>Irving, Texas-...

Kroger profit shrinks, but beats Wall Street

2010-03-09T08:45:23Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Supermarket operator Kroger Co <KR.N> posted a higher-than-expected profit though margins fell on higher health care and labor costs, and it raised the upper limit of its full-year forecast.</p><p>Its shares fell 2.8 percent in premarket trading from Monday's close of $22.90.<...

Earns Kroger

2010-03-09T07:16:38Z

In this March 5, 2010 photo, a customer washes his windows at a Kroger Co. gas station, in Cincinnati. The Kroger Co.'s profit fell 27 percent in the fourth quarter, even as sales rose with a boost from the grocer's gasoline incentives for regular customers. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Kroger, Shell make gas-discount deal

2010-02-22T09:53:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Kroger groceries, Shell Oil team up on loyalty card gas discounts</div><div><p>The Kroger Co. and Shell Oil are combining forces to offer gas discounts for grocery shoppers at Shell stations.</p><p>The deal provides a major expansion of the largest

WA among states weighing sale of liquor business

2010-02-22T11:06:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Budget woes lead Wash., other states, to weigh getting out of the booze business</div><div><p>Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington

Earns SuperValu

2010-01-12T15:17:06Z

FILE - In this April 28, 2008 file photo, a shopper looks at the meat section of an Albertson's supermarket, a division of SuperValu, Inc. in Glendale, Calif. Grocer Supervalu Inc., whose sales and profit have suffered during the recession, on Tuesday, Jan. ...

Big meals, salaries boost NC liquor reform chances

2010-02-22T22:14:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Local problems improve chances for NC liquor system changes, but ending 'control' unlikely</div><div><p>Crab cakes, creme brulee and Crown Royal combined with charges of cronyism are carrying the critics of North Carolina's nearly 75-year-old liquor sales system when a 75-page legislative report alone did not.</p><p>News that a liquor ...

Moody's lowers ratings outlook on Supervalu

2010-02-23T14:27:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Moody's lowers ratings outlook on Supervalu debt to negative from stable</div><div><p>Moody's Investors Service said Thursday it lowered its outlook on the debt ratings of grocer Supervalu Inc. and its subsidiaries to negative from stable.</p><p>It affirmed Supervalu...

US Ahold unit buys Ukrop grocery chain

2010-02-23T14:29:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Dutch grocery chain buys Virginia's Ukrop's Super Markets for $140 million</div><div><p>Dutch grocer Royal Ahold NV will acquire a Virginia super market chain in a deal valued at $140 million, the company said Thursday.</p&...

Supermarket shares fall on Kroger's loss

2010-02-23T19:04:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Supermarket shares fall after industry leader Kroger reports loss</div><div><p>Share of major grocery chains fell Tuesday after The Kroger Co. reported an unexpected loss.</p><p>Kroger on Tuesday reported a $875 million loss in its third quarter, citing tough price competition and the struggling The Kroger Co. reports third-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.</p><p>OVERVIEW: Cincinnati-based Kroger, the n...

Backers of alcohol sale changes face uphill battle

2010-02-24T16:05:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Backers of major changes in Ind. alcohol sales fight on despite tough odds in full legislature</div><div><p>Backers of allowing Sunday carryout sales of alcohol in Indiana and letting venues besides liquor stores sell takeout cold beer are pledging to fight on, but they likely will face a tough time in the General Assembly.</p><p>An interim legislat...

Earnings Preview: Supervalu gives results Tuesday

2010-02-24T17:09:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Supervalu looking for change in second quarter when it reports Tuesday</div><div><p>Supervalu Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.</p><p>OVERVIEW: Supervalu Inc., one of the nation's largest grocers, has not fared as wel...

Kroger Food Factories

2009-10-07T05:00:23Z

In this photo made Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, bottles of Big K diet orange, a Kroger brand soft drink, move on a conveyor belt at the Kroger Co. Springdale Ice Cream and Beverage plant in Cincinnati. Kroger has boosted the volume of its in-house products by 15 percent this year, including these four-quart tubs of ice cream, whi...

Belgium's Delhaize in talks for BI-LO assets

2010-02-24T22:48:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Belgian retailer Delhaize in talks to buy assets of southern grocery chain BI-LO</div><div><p>Belgian international food retailer Delhaize Group is in talks to buy shops and inventory worth $425 million from South Carolina-based BI-LO, a grocery chain that entered bankruptcy proceedings earlier this year...

A selection of Kroger brand products is displayed in Golden

2009-09-15T13:56:44Z

A selection of Kroger brand products is displayed in Golden, Colorado September 15, 2009. Supermarket operator Kroger Co posted lower-then-expected quarterly profit and trimmed its full-year forecast as it cuts prices to lure customers, sending its shares down 8.2 percent. The Cincinnati-based company, which oper...

A selection of Kroger brand products is seen in a grocery cart at a Kroger-owned King Soopers store in Golden

2009-09-15T13:51:28Z

A selection of Kroger brand products is seen in a grocery cart at a Kroger-owned King Soopers store in Golden, Colorado September 15, 2009. Supermarket operator Kroger Co posted lower-then-expected quarterly profit and trimmed its full-year forecast as it cuts prices to lure customers, sending its s...

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