Carl Icahn Targets Kroger Over Pork, CEO Pay
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is seeking two board seats at Kroger Co., pushing the U.S. supermarket giant to make...
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Inflation, Shortages Push Americans to Switch Brands More Than Ever
Well-known brand names and flashy ad campaigns are no longer enough to command U.S. consumers’ loyalty in grocery stores. Source...
From GM to Powerade, Brands Pitch Mental Health
To woo consumers, hotel chains typically offer free room upgrades and complimentary breakfast. Kimpton Hotels is trying a new incentive:...
Food and Medicine Shortages in Ukraine Prompt Global Relief Effort
With food and medicine supplies threatened across Ukraine, domestic and international food manufacturers, distributors and aid workers are mobilizing to...
The Hidden Ways Companies Raise Prices
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc., a Chicago-based restaurant group, has added a 3% “processing fee” to checks at many of...
What CEOs Are Saying About Inflation: ‘The World Has Changed’
This is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said on their quarterly earnings calls this week about what they...
Kroger Workers Approve New Contract After Nine-Day Strike
More than 8,000 workers at Kroger Co. KR -3.12% ’s King Soopers grocery stores ratified a new three-year contract following...
Grocery Stores Cut Hours, Services as Omicron Infects Workers
Some U.S. supermarkets are reducing hours and cutting services as Covid-19’s Omicron variant infects cashiers, baggers and stockers, deepening grocery...
Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits
Prices are going up for some of the cheapest and most popular at-home Covid-19 test kits in the U.S. Walmart...
Chip Makers Contend for Talent as Industry Faces Labor Shortage
The world’s largest chip makers are fighting for workers to staff the billion-dollar-plus facilities that they are building around the...
Instacart President Carolyn Everson to Depart After About Four Months at Food-Delivery Firm
Instacart Inc. said its president, Carolyn Everson, will leave the food-delivery company at the end of this year, about four...
Thanksgiving Is On, and So Is the Hunt for Ingredients
Bigger Thanksgiving gatherings mean bigger meals—and fuller shopping carts are putting supermarkets to the test, as many of them are...
Thanksgiving Dinner Staples Are Low in Stock Thanks to Supply-Chain Issues
The supply-chain crunch is about to hit another part of American life: Thanksgiving dinner. Supplies of food and household items...
Consumers Trade Rib-eye for Ground Beef as Grocery Prices Rise
Americans are cutting back on steak as rising grocery prices squeeze spending. Supermarkets say shoppers are buying more store-brand meat...
Help Really Wanted: No Degree, Work Experience or Background Checks
U.S. companies are downsizing the hiring process. Beauty product retailer The Body Shop is dropping educational requirements and background checks...
Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Retailers Vetted Theranos Without Testing Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif.—In 2010, Theranos Inc. was courting two major retailers, hoping to put its laboratory technology in busy pharmacies...
WSJ News Exclusive | Chicken Producer Sanderson Farms Nears Sale to Continental Grain, Cargill
Sanderson Farms Inc. is nearing a deal to sell itself for around $4.5 billion, according to people familiar with the...
