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Kroger Tests Contactless Payment Service In QFC Division

US retailer Kroger has announced that it is testing a contactless payment service in its QFC stores (Quality Food Centres) in Seattle, Washington. The p...

Major US Retailers Walmart, Kroger To Require Customers To Wear Masks

Walmart Inc, Kroger Co and Kohls Corp will require shoppers to wear face coverings starting next week, the retailers have said, imposing a widely-accepted...

Walgreens Swings To Loss On $2bn Impairment Charges At Boots UK

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc swung to a third-quarter loss, hammered by impairment charges of $2 billion (€1.76 billion) as the coronavirus crisis too...

Kroger's COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit Gets FDA Nod For Emergency Use

The healthcare unit of US supermarket chain Kroger Co has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration had issued emergency use authorisati...

Coronavirus Spreads Among Fruit And Vegetable Packers, Worrying US Officials

From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as 'the world's salad bowl,' outbreaks of the novel...

J.M. Smucker Forecasts Fiscal 2021 Sales To Decline Up To 2%

J.M. Smucker Co has forecast full-year sales to decrease 1% to 2%, citing weakness in sales to restaurants and schools even as the Jif peanut but...

Campbell Soup Raises 2020 Forecasts On Strong Sales In Pandemic

Campbell Soup Co raised its full-year profit and sales forecast after beating expectations for third-quarter results as consumers stocked up on soup,...

Hershey Says Mint, Gum Sales Hit As Lockdowns Restrict Social Gatherings

Hershey Co has said that sales of gums and mints have taken a hit as social distancing protocols spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic discouraged people from p...