Kroger rose$. 14 or. 4 percent, to $34.97. Safeway rose$. 14 or. 6 percent, to $24.45. Supervalu rose$. 09 or 1.3 percent, to $6.89.
Kroger rose$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $34.83. Safeway fell$. 05 or. 2 percent, to $24.31. Supervalu fell$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $6.80.
Kroger rose$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $34.83. Safeway fell$. 31 or 1.3 percent, to $24.05. Supervalu rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $6.84.
Kroger rose$. 26 or. 7 percent, to $34.98. Safeway fell$. 18 or. 7 percent, to $24.18. Supervalu rose$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $6.84.
Kroger fell$. 70 or 2.0 percent, to $34.72. Safeway fell$. 79 or 3.1 percent, to $24.36. Supervalu fell$. 14 or 2.0 percent, to $6.81.
CAMP HILL, Pa.-- Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp.' s board of directors has elected former Blue Shield of California Chairman and CEO Bruce G. Bodaken to its board of directors. Rite Aid spokeswoman Ashley Flower said Bodaken's addition brings the board to 10 members and is not tied to the April resignation of Michael Coutu.
Kroger fell$. 48 or 1.4 percent, to $34.94. Safeway fell$. 61 or 2.4 percent, to $24.54. Supervalu fell$. 15 or 2.2 percent, to $6.80.
Kroger fell$. 27 or. 8 percent, to $35.15. Safeway fell$. 35 or 1.4 percent, to $24.80. Supervalu fell$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $6.92.
OKLAHOMA CITY-- Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide vote.
Kroger rose$. 35 or 1.0 percent, to $35.42. Safeway rose$. 14 or. 6 percent, to $25.15. Supervalu rose$. 26 or 3.9 percent, to $6.95.
Kroger rose$. 26 or. 7 percent, to $35.33. Safeway rose$. 33 or 1.3 percent, to $25.34. Supervalu rose$. 35 or 5.2 percent, to $7.04.
Kroger rose$. 08 or. 2 percent, to $35.15. Safeway rose$. 31 or 1.3 percent, to $25.32. Supervalu rose$. 16 or 2.4 percent, to $6.85.
Kroger fell$. 15 or. 4 percent, to $35.07. Safeway fell$. 46 or 1.8 percent, to $25.01. Supervalu fell$. 33 or 4.7 percent, to $6.69.
Kroger fell$. 10 or. 3 percent, to $35.12. Safeway fell$. 33 or 1.3 percent, to $25.14. Supervalu fell$. 30 or 4.2 percent, to $6.72.
Kroger rose$. 04 or. 1 percent, to $35.26. Safeway rose$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $25.49. Supervalu fell$. 02 or. 3 percent, to $7.00.
"You want to be in sectors that sell to the people who benefit from wage inflation: consumers," said John Lomax, head of emerging equity strategy at HSBC. Russian supermarket chain Magnit saw profits jump 28 percent in the first quarter and its shares have returned 190 percent since April 2010, according to Morgan Stanley.
May 16- Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday even as sales fell 1.4 percent at its Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year because of a delay in income tax refund checks, cool weather, less grocery inflation than expected, and the payroll tax increase.
Kroger rose$. 42 or 1.2 percent, to $35.22. Safeway rose$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $25.47. Supervalu rose$. 18 or 2.6 percent, to $7.02.
NEW YORK, May 15- Barry Rosentein's JANA Partners liked grocery chain Supervalu Inc in a big way in the first quarter, while Philippe Laffont's Coatue Management lost its stomach for the company's shares.