Grocery shrink in fresh departments and how to bring it down
Fresh departments carry most of a grocer’s shrink. This is how to measure it by category and fix ordering before markdowns pile up.
Supermarkets & Grocers
Supermarket chains and grocery retail coverage including Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, and Kroger.
Kroger and Brookshire eggs recalled: salmonella pulls 1.6 million dozen
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.
Aldi and Lidl Face a Property Rules Reckoning as the CMA Ruling Nears
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 Kroger and Albertsons Pharmacists Just Voted to Authorize a California Strike
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 …
Why Kroger is likely to launch a price-investment reset by Q3 2026: 3 signals from Foran’s playbook
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 H1 revenue jumps 54% on Kroger payout: underlying sales up just 1%
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 weighs £600m store financing: Realty Income leads talks
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.
DMart Q1 profit rises 11%: revenue growth cools as quick commerce bites
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.
PepsiCo Q2 revenue beats as US snacking cools: 2026 guidance held
PepsiCo’s second-quarter revenue topped Wall Street forecasts at about $24.2 billion, but flat North America volumes and softer US snack and soda demand tempered the result. The company held its full-year guidance and lifted its dividend for a 54th year, even as shares slipped in premarket trading.
Why the US grocery loyalty relaunch wave points to a retail-media data grab: 3 signals
A cluster of US grocery loyalty relaunches in June 2026, from Lidl Plus to Kroger Rewards, looks less like a discount play and more like a first-party-data land grab. Signals point to the loyalty wave converging with retail media before the 2026 holidays, with more relaunches likely by year-end.