The Latest Breaking News from Albertsons

RBC Capital has decided to maintain its Outperform rating of Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and raise its price target from $33.00 to $37.00. Shares of Albertsons Companies are trading up 4.41% over the last 24 hours, at $33.38 per share.

Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) reported a fourth-quarter FY21 sales growth of 10.2% to $17.4 billion, beating the consensus of $16.74 billion. Identical sales increased by 7.5%; on a two-year stacked basis, Identical sales growth was 19.3%. Digital sales increased 5%; on a two-year stacked basis, digital sales growth was 287%. Gross profit increased…

UBS analyst Mark Carden raised the price target on Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) to $37 from $31 and kept a Neutral rating on the shares, implying a 5.5% upside. Carden noted higher than expected inflation is likely to turn into a tailwind for the company's same-store sales in the fourth quarter. Carden expects investors to…

Telsey Advisory analyst Joseph Feldman has maintained Outperform rating on Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE: ACI) with a $37.00 price target (5% upside). The analyst notes that the favorable macro trends, continued shift to healthy lifestyles, and benefits of a hybrid work environment would be positive for the company’s Q4 earnings. Feldman infers a strong business momentum…

LOS ANGELES — Unions representing 47,000 Southern California grocery workers tentatively signed a new three-year contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions, averting a strike they had authorized last week.

Albertsons, Pavilions, Ralphs and Vons employees are requesting $5 per hour wage increases

LOS ANGELES — Battered by two years of pandemic stress, tens of thousands of Southern California grocery workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if supermarkets don't meet their wage demands as negotiations on a new contract resume in the coming weeks.

Thousands of central and Southern California grocery workers have voted to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains

The grocery chain acknowledged it’s having problems implementing a contract negotiated with Local 1546 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

Cue Health Inc (NASDAQ:HLTH) has partnered with Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) for COVID-19 test kits. The partnership will provide Cue’s molecular COVID-19 tests at participating Albertsons pharmacies across the country. Customers will get their test results delivered to their email in 20 minutes. The companies piloted this in-pharmacy COVID-19 testing program last fall in 40…

Grocery workers across Southern California began voting Monday to authorize a strike against Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions in an effort to pressure the companies to raise wages.