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The report analyzed foot traffic to grocery stores with and without in-store clinics at large chains such as The Kroger Co. and H-E-B. The Kroger Co. operates about 225 Little Clinic locations across Kroger stores and its family of companies, including Dillons, Jay C Food Stores, Fry鈥檚, and King Soopers.

That won鈥檛 be easy given that it is competing against retailers such as Walmart and Kroger that operate thousands of stores.

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Nearly 1 in 5 Kroger shoppers (18%) are deferring big-ticket purchases and 13% are holding off on purchasing a car until after the election, per a survey by the grocer鈥檚 data analytics arm, 84.51掳.

Amazon is the driver of the retail media phenomenon, but Walmart, Target, Kroger, Instacart, and many others are jumping on the bandwagon. These companies have the advantage of first-party data and proximity to purchase, and they will continue to steal share from legacy digital ad publishers. Social network ad spending is back on track.

In addition to a proposed ban on price gouging, the Vice President said she would heighten scrutiny of mergers like Kroger-Albertsons and Mars-Kellanova that could result in higher grocery prices.

Lack of standardization is also holding back investment鈥攚hich is why players like Kroger and Albertsons, as well as trade groups like the Interactive Advertising Bureau, are pushing for industrywide standards that would make it easier for brands to measure the impact of their spending. Yes but: Despite their doubts, advertisers continue plowing money into retail media.

Retailers have been quick to fill the gap: Walmart is using its premium bettergoods label鈥攚hich features products like pineapple fried rice-flavored crackers鈥攖o hone its appeal among wealthier shoppers, while Kroger has launched nearly 600 private label products so far this year.

Amazon will continue to gain market share, but new competition from Temu, Walmart, and other retailers could stunt future dominance.

Lunchly is available at a variety of grocers, including Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Mariano鈥檚, and Kroger. It will roll out at Albertsons later this month. Know your audience: Lunchly鈥檚 website features an 鈥淯s vs Them鈥� section that snarkily portrays its packaging, flavor, and electrolyte contents as superior to Lunchables, which it refers to as 鈥渕id.鈥�

Our take: While Amazon Fresh is making a significant push to appeal to shoppers鈥� price sensitivities, its limited store footprint puts it at a disadvantage compared with Walmart and pure-play grocers like Kroger and Albertsons, which can use their vast store and warehouse networks to offer speedy delivery as well as fulfillment options like click-and-collect.

Ocado Group has worked with several large grocery chains, including Kroger in the US and Sobeys in Canada. However, both of those companies slowed their warehouse expansions after their initial results failed to meet expectations. Transcend鈥檚 entrance into the market should increase the pressure on Ocado to deliver strong results.

But in that case, there's probably going to be continued high scrutiny of the mergers, like the Kroger-Albertson's deal, which I think is pretty unlikely to actually happen if she takes office, and the Mars-Kellanova deal as well, because those deals likely would lead to higher grocery prices. Marcus Johnson (20:56):. Well, that's all we've got time for for today's episode.

US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bob Casey asked Rodney McMullen, chairman and CEO of The Kroger Co., in a letter for clarification on the retailer's use of digital shelf labels. The letter says the tags enable Kroger or other retailers to implement dynamic pricing, which they could use to 鈥渟queeze consumers to increase profits.鈥�. The Senators asked for a response by August 20.

Retail health clinics run by CVS Health, Walgreens, Walmart, and The Kroger Co. offer in-person and virtual care conveniently. But these one-and-done care encounters are delivered by healthcare professionals other than patients鈥� regular physicians and are often left off their medical records. Patients鈥� care journeys will become even more fragmented in 2024 as retailers invest further in healthcare.

Its share of recent digital grocery buyers is similar to Instacart鈥檚 and larger than those of leading US grocery chains like Costco Wholesale and The Kroger Co. Amazon Fresh also has a larger online audience than Whole Foods Market. The most popular method of ordering grocery products from Amazon is via the core Amazon site, using ship-to-home fulfillment.

For example, Red Baron paired purchase data from The Kroger 颁辞.鈥檚 Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) to reach lapsed buyers with video ads on Roku鈥檚 platform. The campaign drove a 9.1% uplift in household penetration, a 48% increase in household penetration among lapsed Red Baron buyers, and a sales lift of 6.9%.

Other retailers, like Kroger, are stretching their media networks into the CTV space through partnerships with the likes of Roku. Expect more of this. The potential for closed-loop attribution.

Why it matters: At the same time that the grocer continues to push ahead with its merger with Kroger, it is taking steps to strengthen its position even if the deal doesn鈥檛 go through. It grew its base of loyalty members by 15% YoY in Q1, thanks in part to its push to simplify how consumers accumulate and redeem their savings in its 鈥渇or U鈥� program.

The situation: As Kroger plows ahead with plans to merge Albertsons, the grocer faces some clear challenges. Grocery prices are stabilizing and, in some cases, falling. That makes for challenging year-over-year comps for grocers like Kroger that saw sales soar over the past year due, in part, to rising prices.

Most crucially, Amazon Prime Video reported it will introduce ads in 2024, Walmart and NBCU announced a partnership, Roku inked a deal with Best Buy, and Kroger linked up with Disney. CTV ad spending will be nearly twice what we expected for 2025.

Winner: The Kroger Co. Why: Kroger offers the ability to search a vast menu of recipes on Kroger.com and add all the ingredients to your cart. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not new,鈥� our analyst Suzy Davidkhanian said. 鈥淥nce you have a preferred grocery store, then having this additional idea of the recipes that you can shop just makes it that much easier.

The Kroger Co. took our No. 1 ranking for omnichannel sales data. With 96% of transactions linked to its loyalty card, Kroger has established a best-in-class capability of measuring in-store sales and surfacing that data in campaign reporting. Kroger鈥檚 data arm鈥攏amed 84.51掳鈥攊s known for its detailed customer insights and omnichannel sales reporting.

Kroger. Kroger is making it easier for advertisers to reach consumers without third-party cookies through a partnership with Yahoo Advertising. Customer purchasing data from the retailer鈥檚 retail media arm, Kroger Precision Marketing, can now be used directly in the Yahoo DSP, in an effort to prepare for the depreciation of legacy identifiers. 5. Warby Parker.