Jalen Stradling, a cake decorator at the Fry’s Food Store in Gladden Farms, created a winning newspaper cake while representing the Fry’s division at the National Kroger Cake Challenge in Cincinnati earlier this month.
- Nicholas P. Brown and Juveria Tabassum Reuters
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Retailers now target "trade-down" consumers — cash-strapped shoppers who opt for lower-priced essentials, and wealthier consumers looking to save on discretionary items.
- Cathalena E. Burch
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Grocery giant Kroger plans to put Tucson Foods' new Sonoran breakfast wraps in area Fry's stores. Could be the first step toward national distribution.
- Alexander Coolidge, The Cincinnati Enquirer
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Kraft Mac & Cheese is seen at a Kroger in Greater Cincinnati.
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A1 Minute! April 16, 2026: New Kroger behind the scenes; ART 180 to close; Virginia collective bargaining
- Howard Fischer
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is seeking nearly $1 million from two grocery giants — Kroger and Albertsons — that her office helped block from merging in 2024.
- Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press
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The decision to pull out comes a day after judges overseeing two separate cases over the proposed grocery store merger ruled to halt the effort.
- Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press
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Albertsons and Kroger in 2022 proposed what would be the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history. On Tuesday, judges overseeing two separate cases over the merger halted the effort, at least temporarily
- Claire Rush and Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press
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Statements by Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen and the upcoming testimony of Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran were expected to be critical components of the three-week hearing regarding the proposed merger of the two companies.
- Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press
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Starting Monday, a federal district court judge in Portland, Oregon, will consider both sides and decide whether to grant the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction against the proposed merger of supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons.
