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Due to declining newspaper circulation, Kroger is ditching its printed ads for a digital format.

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LAKEWOOD, Calif. — Southern California grocery workers and community supporters held a rally Thursday at a Ralphs grocery in Lakewood to oppose the planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons.

Publix is heading into Kroger country with an expansion to Kentucky this year, but industry experts say they don’t see the Florida grocery giant expanding far beyond the Southeast anytime soon.

A woman has taken to social media to praise a supermarket worker at Kroger for his speedy service, as he races her 20-odd food items through the check out in just 21 seconds

Farmworkers are leading a five-day, 45-mile trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest

Kroger is about to add another layer of automation to its customers’ online grocery orders filled by robots at its new $55 million fulfillment center in southern Dallas.

Also if you live in Dallas.

Grocery store giant Kroger has signed up to use autonomous trucks from Gatik to handle distribution in the Dallas region.

Retailers have dropped a flurry of financial reports. They paint a messy and conflicting picture about our consumer economy.

A tight labor market has bosses doing something they don’t like to do: spend more on wages and benefits.