What lies beyond depends on whether consumers or their finances ultimately change during the pandemic and once it ends.
Author: Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer
Kroger CEO urges feds, states to label workers ’emergency personnel’
Calling for the temporary official “first responder” designation would improve supermarket workers’ access to scarce personal protective equipment.
Four Michigan Kroger workers die after falling ill with COVID-19
Kroger said four workers in Michigan have died after becoming infected and getting sick from the new coronavirus.
Only 1 person per 120 square feet: Kroger to limit shoppers entering stores due to COVID-19 concerns
Kroger said Ohio stores will post limits on the number of shoppers permitted inside stores at a given time to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
P&G’s largest U.S. factory making Charmin toilet paper cleared to stay open
Located in Mehoopany, Pa., the plant manufactures Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels and Pampers and Luvs diapers.
Kroger Cincinnati, Houston stores, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer cut hours to clean, restock
Harris Teeter, Kroger, QFC and Fred Meyer are reducing hours in some areas to clean and restock stores amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Fur-well: Macy’s says it will stop selling real fur by 2021
Macy’s says customers are moving away from real fur, but that the decision was also influenced by animal rights advocates.
It’s the consumer, stupid? What the consumer sentiment index tells us about the 2020 elections
President Donald Trump is betting that a strong economy will propel him to re-election even as early warning signs of a slowdown have emerged.
Will P&G split its stock? It hasn’t happened in 15 years
The longest P&G has allowed the stock to remain above $100 before a stock split: 11 months. We’re at six months, 10 days and counting.
Kroger cutting hundreds of management jobs nationwide
Kroger is cutting hundreds of local management jobs nationwide as it continues to struggle to compete with discount rivals, Amazon and Walmart.