Supermarket chains and grocery retail coverage including Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, and Kroger.
BJ’s Wholesale Club reports second quarter fiscal 2026 results before the open on Friday, August 21, with consensus near $1.16 per share on about $5.89 billion in revenue. The print tests whether tariff refund dollars spent on lower shelf prices can lift an ex-gasoline comparable that ran below guidance in Q1.
Kroger created a chief e-commerce officer seat on August 11 and filled it with a Jet.com co-founder, two months after its first profitable digital quarter. Signals point to third-party marketplace becoming a named growth pillar by the fiscal 2026 results in early March 2027.
Britain’s competition regulator has moved to close a long-standing loophole that let Aldi and Lidl use property deals to keep rival supermarkets out of prime …
Midwest Poultry Services recalled nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs sold at Kroger and Brookshire Grocery over a possible salmonella contamination across six states. No illnesses were reported, and the recall was triggered by proactive company testing at two Texas farms.
Britain’s two biggest discounters are one regulatory decision away from a very different growth plan. The Competition and Markets Authority is expected to publish a …
Nearly 800 supermarket pharmacists across Southern and Central California voted on Thursday to authorize a strike against stores owned by Kroger and Albertsons, setting up …
Kroger is likely to formalize a structured price-investment program under Greg Foran, its version of the Walmart US everyday-value playbook, most plausibly confirmed at Q2 earnings in September 2026. Three signals from the last month, Foran’s pricing critique, resumed store closures, and accelerating retail-media profit, point to a self-funded reset.
Ocado Group’s first-half revenue rose 54% to £1.04bn, but a one-off Kroger termination fee accounted for almost all of the jump as underlying sales grew just 1%. The results confirmed a new Asda partnership, a return to profit at Ocado Retail, and a pledge to turn cash flow positive in the second half.
Morrisons is in early talks with US net-lease REIT Realty Income over a roughly £600m (03m) financing secured against its stores, Sky News reports. No deal is close.
Avenue Supermarts reported an 11% rise in first-quarter net profit, missing analyst estimates as revenue growth cooled to 15%. New CEO Anshul Asawa flagged slight margin gains, but quick-commerce rivals keep pressuring DMart value model.