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...Apollo dines on the UK market After failed talks to buy a range of UK public companies from education group Pearson to Matthew Moulding’s THG, US private equity giant Apollo Global Management finally looks...
...The new policies at Kroger were first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Kroger, the biggest American grocery chain, is one of the nation’s largest employers....
...It featured logos for both Kroger and Bitcoin Cash and a quote attributed to Kroger’s chief executive, Rodney McMullen. The price of Bitcoin Cash briefly spiked on Friday morning....
...Deals with Kroger and Casino Groupe are already under way, but analysts expect these expensive projects will require Ocado to raise more debt in 2022 or 2023....
...“Customers are aggressively starting to buy our brands,” Kroger, the $33bn grocery chain, told analysts last week....
...It will also request that non-vaccinated customers continue to don face coverings in Kroger stores....
...The FTC is seeking information from nine companies, which also include grocery chain Kroger, consumer goods company Procter & Gamble, meat producer Tyson Foods and food company Kraft Heinz, along with several...
...US consumer stocks such as Clorox, Kroger and Kleenex maker Kimberly-Clark were up there with tech among the best performers in the S&P 500 on Monday, a sign that investors expect the pandemic will continue...
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...Reporting by Adam Samson, Camilla Hodgson, David Sheppard, Neil Hume, Tommy Stubbington and Joe Rennison in London, Hudson Lockett in Hong Kong and Colby Smith and Matthew Rocco in New York...
...Under the plan, Kroger has revamped stores and expanded home delivery and self-checkout services, among other initiatives....
...Kroger, another supermarket chain, said shoppers were spending more on personal care items, ready meals and soup, while Target chief executive Brian Cornell told analysts that US consumers were “starting...
...The purveyor of plant-based burgers, which has boosted sales through partnerships with major restaurant chains and retailers such as McDonald’s and Kroger, said it now expects to book net revenue of $265m...
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...Shares popped on the news, jumping as much as 7.8 per cent, while grocery chain Kroger saw its share price gain 3.5 per cent....
...Discount retailer Dollar Tree, grocery chain Kroger, bookseller Barnes & Noble and warehouse outlets Costco and BJ’s Wholesale Club are also scheduled to report earnings during the week....
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...Matthew Panarese has joined the Rockefeller Global Family Office as a managing director to set up and lead the firm’s Philadelphia office....
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...Amid growing concerns over its prices, there has been stiffer competition, particularly given that many mainstream supermarkets such as Kroger have built a strong offering of organic produce, while Walmart...
...., a local Macy’s versus Nordstrom department store, a local Safeway versus Kroger supermarket, or a local Target versus Kmart discount retailer, where some establishments belong to high-leverage firms and...
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