Food Retail

Morgan Stanley analysts attended the Kroger (NYSE: KR) analyst meeting last week and while there was no change to earnings outlook or company strategy, they did gain insights on the grocery consumer, the pricing environment, and was able to look under the hood of Kroger's "dunnhumby JV." For KR...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Chelsea Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CHTP) 5,205 puts, 151 calls 2. Digital River (NASDAQ: DRIV) 21,669 puts, 1,094 calls 3. Colgate Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) 2,859 puts, 175 calls 4....

Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 16,000 last week to 443,000. That more than reverses last week's increase. Since claims can be volatile from week to week, it is better to track the four-week moving average to get a better sense of the trend. It declined by 6,250 to 458,000. After...

Dollar Stores Inc (NYSE: FDO) is expected to post its FQ4 EPS of $0.51. Worthington Industries Inc (NYSE: WOR) may earn $0.24 per share in the fiscal first quarter. Actuant Corporation (NYSE: ATU) is likely to post its Q4 EPS at $0.29. Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ: XRTX) may report its Q3 earnings of $0.99...

Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.165 (sixteen and one-half cents) per share on all its Class A Common Stock and $0.15 (fifteen cents) per share on all its Class B Common Stock. This is an annual rate of $0....

Jabil Circuit Inc (NYSE: JBL) is scheduled to earn $0.48 per share in the fiscal fourth-quarter. Cal-Maine Foods Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) is likely to report a FQ1 loss of $0.07 per share. Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) may post its FQ1 profit of $0.34 per share. Ferrellgas Partners-LP (NYSE: FGP) is...

Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Cal-Maine Foods Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) to report a FQ1 loss of $0.07 per share. CALM' shares gained 0.66% to $30.50 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Jabil Circuit Inc (NYSE: JBL) to have earned $0.48 per...

Oppenheimer & Co. rates shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE: RBA) at Perform. In the research note, Oppenheimer writes, "We reiterate our Perform rating on RBA shares, but remain drawn to its long-standing auction market leadership in the immense used industrial equipment sale industry....

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Chairman of the Board, David Dillon, reported that he sold 148,114 shares of KR on September 21st-23rd for an average price of $21.69. The transaction totaled $3,212,370. Mr. Dillon owns 863,881 direct shares and 110,318 indirect shares of KR...

Casey's General Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASY) today announced that, based on a preliminary vote count provided by its proxy solicitor, shareholders have reelected by a wide margin all eight of the Company's incumbent directors –Diane C. Bridgewater, Johnny Danos, H. Lynn Horak, Kenneth H. Haynie,...

The Kroger Company (KR), one of the largest grocery retailers, posted second-quarter 2010 results on September 14, 2010 that outpaced the Zacks' expectations.   Street analysts had nearly a week to digest the news. In the paragraphs that follow, we cover the recent earnings announcement, subsequent...

Today's corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade following WWII, corporate America looked very different from it does now. Fifty five years ago, most of the...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 20, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: The Kroger Company (KR), GameStop Corporation (GME),Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST). and Brinker International Inc. (EAT). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research...

After a hiatus of a day since its earnings release on September 14, 2010, The Kroger Company (KR), one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S., hit the market with the news of dividend increase, reflecting its plan to utilize its free cash to enhance shareholders' return, thereby boosting...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL –September 17, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: Acergy (ACGY) as the Bull of the Day and Safeway (SWY) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on WellPoint (WLP), Aetna (AET) and AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS). Here...