#grocery

Grocery Outlet announced plans to close 36 underperforming stores by year-end. Nine of these closures will occur in California. The company reported a $225 million net loss for fiscal year 2025. Overexpansion and a lack of "wow" deals contributed to its struggles. Grocery Outlet aims to improve performance by focusing on store clusters.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-grocery-outlet-is-closing-some-stores-in-california/ar-AA1ZHNsy?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&bundles=feat-es2020-c

All Amazon Fresh stores in the state will close. These closures take effect this Sunday. Amazon operates these grocery locations. The company plans to expand its Whole Foods brand. This decision impacts all Fresh grocery stores statewide.

https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2026/01/30/amazon-fresh-layoffs-close-maryland-jobs.html

Hours keep getting cut at the store I work out (nothing new) but I was wondering if other stores having their hours cut too?

Amazon pays $75million for the "melania trump" movie. Then laysoff 16,00 of its employees. Is wfm next with the layoffs to recover from losing this money?

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon-to-shut-down-all-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-stores-0301dfb7?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfquEh1TB4qzvYRPlZa7r3HdscX59eWl2h1vmO0Jm_YCqxCt3gnPFvQzzXgrd0%3D&gaa_ts=697913dd&gaa_sig=7xZPSrfMvdHlROAjPahmtfvk4dlwe10jIX1WRcVnwwdTnYo7Cm6OvHjgGN78_TIeJKGfp7egIjtqmhcdr-FEMg%3D%3D

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-whole-foods-absorb-workforce-project-cremini-2025-11

No longer whole foods employees. Amazon employees. I wonder what positions are getting cut next year

Kroger is navigating a transition after a failed Albertsons merger, including layoffs of roughly 1,000 corporate employees to cut costs and streamline operations. Despite the turbulence, investors largely view the moves as a reset rather than a red flag.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kroger-layoffs-mean-stock-value-020315215.html

The stock’s performance is strong over longer horizons, up 24.9 percent in the last year, 67.9 percent over three years, and 121.4 percent over five years. Short term performance is mixed, with a 0.7 percent decline over the past month and a 2.2 percent gain over the past week.

Valuation checks suggest the shares look undervalued, passing five of six metrics. A two-stage discounted cash flow using last twelve months free cash flow of about 2.2 billion dollars and a projection to roughly 3.2 billion dollars by 2030 implies intrinsic value of 87.68 dollars per share, about a 22.7 percent discount to the current price.

Overall, the takeaway is that Kroger may offer a margin of safety if it can sustain cash generation and execute through the current transition.

Fred Meyer layoffs hit Portland amid Kroger reorganization

• Fred Meyer parent company Kroger is cutting 1000 jobs across the country as part of a reorganization strategy that started Aug. 26.

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/08/26/fred-meyer-hq-layoffs-kroger-reorg.html

The Business Journals
Aug/26/2025 09:24 PM