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Grocery prices are headed higher later this year, according the U.S.'s largest supermarket by sales.
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., which had $132 billion in sales last year, says inflation is running hotter than management previously anticipated and that expectations are now for prices to rise 2% to 3% over the second half of this year.
Kroger is "passing along higher cost to the customer where it makes sense to do so," said CFO Gary Millerchip on the company's second-quarter earnings call on Friday.
Management at Kroger rival Albertsons Companies Inc. earlier this summer expressed similar concerns that inflation would pick up in the second half of the year and that they too would pass some of those increased costs along to consumers.
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., which had $132 billion in sales last year, says inflation is running hotter than management previously anticipated and that expectations are now for prices to rise 2% to 3% over the second half of this year.
Kroger is "passing along higher cost to the customer where it makes sense to do so," said CFO Gary Millerchip on the company's second-quarter earnings call on Friday.
Management at Kroger rival Albertsons Companies Inc. earlier this summer expressed similar concerns that inflation would pick up in the second half of the year and that they too would pass some of those increased costs along to consumers.
Grocery prices headed higher: Kroger
Grocery prices are headed higher this year, according to Kroger, the U.S.'s largest supermarket by sales
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