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Cal-Maine Foods Stock Cracks After Egg Producer Reports Q3 Results, Inks Deal To Acquire Echo Lake Foods
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 4:58pm | 418Cal-Maine Foods Inc (NASDAQ:CALM) shares are trading lower in Tuesday’s after-hours session after the company reported third-quarter financial results and announced plans to acquire Echo Lake Foods. Q3 Earnings: Cal-Maine reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $1.42 billion, missing analyst...
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Value Shoppers Still Show Up, But Costco's Growth Hits Speed Bump
Friday, April 4, 2025 - 12:17pm | 348Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) has been in focus with tariffs expected to have the worst impact on apparel and home furnishings. The company is scheduled to report its March sales on Wednesday, April 9. The company could announce a deceleration in total comps for the month to 2.5%, from 7.7%...
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Walmart CEO Says Consumers Changing Spending Due To Inflation, Egg Prices: 'The Money Runs Out Before The Month Is Gone … People Are Buying Smaller Pack Sizes'
Monday, March 10, 2025 - 12:17pm | 702A leading retailer executive is sending warning signs on consumer spending in the wake of higher egg prices, tariffs and higher inflation. What Happened: Weeks after Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) reported fourth-quarter financial results, the company's CEO is sending warnings about macroeconomic concerns...
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Retailers Warn Of Price Increases Due To Trump Tariffs As Consumer Health Concerns Persist
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - 12:52pm | 694Retailers are facing selling pressure this week following warnings about continued consumer uncertainty and the potential impacts of tariffs. What To Know: Trade war fears are rising after President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico earlier this week. Trump also...
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DoorDash Surges To 42M Monthly Users As Grocery And Retail Sales Soar Amid Record Order Frequency
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 3:48am | 643As DoorDash Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:DASH) user base exploded to 42 million monthly active users with order frequency at an all-time high, its grocery and retail vertical saw stellar growth along with the aforementioned metrics in the fourth quarter. What Happened: DoorDash’s customers were...
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Why Shrinking Price Differences Between Walmart, Kroger, And Albertsons Matter To Investors
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 9:50am | 475Recent data from JPMorgan's exclusive survey indicates that price gaps between Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) and competitors like Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) and Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) are narrowing. Kroger has traditionally maintained higher prices than Walmart, resulting in a price premium over its...
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SoftBank, Walmart-Backed Robotics Giant Sees $9B Wipeout In Founder's Wealth After Company Stock That Surged Nearly 325% Last Year Takes A Steep Decline
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 - 5:18am | 495Rick Cohen, founder of Symbotic (NASDAQ:SYM), has seen $9 billion erased from his net worth following a significant drop in his AI-powered company’s stock price. What Happened: Cohen, who owns and chairs C&S Wholesale Grocers, founded Symbotic which manufactures AI-driven warehouse robots...
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Costco Gears Up For Tech-Driven Future: An Earnings Preview
Monday, September 25, 2023 - 11:46am | 496The integration of technology and the grocery sector is steering large retailers toward a consumer-centric future. Larger players have a sharper competitive edge in realizing how some emerging tech can boost their business operations, and Telsey Advisory Group on Monday said Costco Wholesale...
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Dingdong Posts First-Ever Profit on Cost Slashing, Upmarket Move
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 10:13am | 1205Key Takeaways: Dingdong posted its first-ever profit in the fourth quarter, reversing years of big losses, as it reined in spending and focused on higher-margin products China’s leading online grocer will continue its upmarket march this year by focusing on products for health-conscious...
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If You Invested $1,000 In Costco Stock One Year Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - 5:22pm | 526Investors who have owned stocks in the past year have generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) total return over the past 12 months is 16.3%. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way. Costco's Big...
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Analyst Upgrades Kroger On Market Share Gains, Sees Inflation As A Headwind In 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 1:09pm | 489Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) shares have been strong performers in the past year, and one analyst said Wednesday the stock is set up well for another solid year in 2022, though there are some headwinds it will face. The Analyst: Bank of America analyst Robert Ohmes upgraded Kroger from...
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Grocers Love Online Sales. They Hate The Impact It Is Having On Margins
Friday, September 24, 2021 - 10:37am | 1076The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated online grocery sales, but for traditional grocers, the rise in sales is eroding margins and driving growth in an unprofitable business sector. That is the big takeaway from a new study of 206 U.S. grocers by Wynshop, a digital commerce technology platform, and...
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15-Minute Grocery Delivery Firm Jokr Launches In 3 More NYC Boroughs
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 10:23am | 731Jokr, the 15-minute grocery delivery firm that launched in June in three New York City boroughs, is expanding to three additional locations. The company on Tuesday announced it will begin servicing the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side, and the financial district. Jokr previously served only...
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Save Foods Inc. Receives Patent For Proprietary Compound From European Office
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 1:17pm | 1320The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Save Foods (NASDAQ: SVFD), an agri-food-tech company focused on developing and selling eco-friendly products specifically designed to...
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Point Pickup Technologies Acquires E-Commerce Tech Platform GrocerKey
Thursday, August 26, 2021 - 11:06am | 767Same-day delivery firm Point Pickup Technologies has acquired GrocerKey, a white label e-commerce technology platform. Point Pickup expects the acquisition to provide it an end-to-end e-commerce platform, from pick-and-pack to last-mile delivery. Terms were not disclosed. "With almost 68 million...