A Marketplace store's overall sales volume is typically double to triple what an average Kroger food and drug combo store would do. |
Cerberus has been in the lead in other supermarket sector bidding and has sometimes faded fast in the home stretch. |
I think Goldman Sachs, which was one of the strategic advisers, thought it was easier selling the whole company on a bundled basis. |
Johnston came in with a lot of problems that were passed along by the prior regime that would take four to five years to dig out from. |
Kroger is making a superb strategic decision to move to the Everyday Living category because the brand has much more cachet. The path to higher consumer satisfaction and profitability is through a bigger and better portfolio of private brands. |
Marshall is a brilliant financial strategist. When it comes to working with Wall Street, he is a star in the food industry. Marshall closely cultivated relationships with analysts and institutional investors. |
The private equity option is certainly the best of all available options. It gives the company time without the shareholder and profit pressure to reorganize the business. |
There is a high hurdle for Macy's to clear. |
There should be a big bidding war in the next few weeks going to the end of the year and into the next year. |
Total is a terrific brand, but it's been starved for marketing support. It's not what it was in the 20th century when it was a strong power brand for Big G. It doesn't go head to head with any competition, but it was one of the pillars of the adult-cereal portfolio. |
While the top line has had some increases, the bottom line is a real cause for concern. The company continues to lose massive amounts of money with no signs of stopping the bleeding on the operating loss. |
Whole Foods is looked at as one of the finest retailers worldwide. |