The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) has announced its $1.65 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle Inc., a food and pharmacy retailer with approximately $9 billion in annual sales and 197 supermarkets and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West...
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) announced the hiring of Greg Foran as CEO and a member of the board of directors. Foran replaces Ron Sargent, who served as interim CEO since March 2025 following the resignation of Rodney McMullen after an investigation determined he ran...
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) announced plans to close 60 underperforming stores over the next 18 months. Kroger operates 2,730 stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia under multiple brands. In a call with financial analysts after the release the...
A slippery definition of “reopening,” an unlikely grant and a merger’s messy failure. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 9-13. Miss: An Unsettled Settlement. The US Department of Justice (DOJ)...
The proposed merger between the supermarket giants Albertsons Companies Inc. (NYSE: ACI) and The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) collapsed this morning as Albertsons terminated the merger agreement and filed a lawsuit against Kroger claiming a willful breach of contract and...