The Latest Breaking News from Albertsons

The Fed’s aggressive interest rate increases to fight high inflation has raised concerns about a potential recession. During times of market turmoil, companies in defensive sectors will likely perform better than the broader market owing to inelastic demand for their products. Thus, we think it could be profitable now to…

Many experts believe that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary policy to control surging inflation could push the economy into a recession. Since consumer staples companies weather recessionary pressure well because of inelastic demand for their products, we think it could be wise to bet on the stocks of fundamentally sound…

Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) and Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) have expanded their partnership to include more than 2,000 of the grocer's banner stores nationwide through Uber Eats. Some of the banner stores included are Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Tom Thumb, and Randalls. The expansion will bring nearly 800 new locations to Uber Eats, including consumers…

The sale gives Apollo Global Management a deeper stake in the Chicago-area grocery market.

LOS ANGELES — Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California’s unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region’s largest food chains.

LOS ANGELES — Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California's unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region's largest food chains.

LOS ANGELES — Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California's unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region's largest food chains.

Guggenheim has decided to maintain its Buy rating of Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and raise its price target from $34.00 to $37.00. Shares of Albertsons Companies are trading up 4.41% over the last 24 hours, at $33.38 per share.

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…