THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 1-303 THE KROGER CO. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 1014 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Registrant’s telephone number, including area
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Final Exam – Trader Joe’s Case Study 1. Supermarket Industry Analysis In 2013, the traditional supermarket industry is unattractive because of: a) Existence of powerful substitutes in the form of large discount retailers (Wal-Mart, Target), warehouse clubs (Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, and pharmacy chains (CVS, Walgreen’s) that have increased emphasis on grocery sales. * Because increased traffic leads to increased sales of higher margin items in retail stores, there is growing attractiveness
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Andrew Wash GBA 490-321 Written Case 1 February 12, 2014 Table of Contents Issue #1 ……………………………………………………………………………… 2 Issue #2 ……………………………………………………………………………… 3 Issue #3 ……………………………………………………………………………… 4 Recommendation ……………………………………………………………………. 5 Dominant Economic Characteristics ………………………………………………... 7 PESTEL Analysis …………………………………………………………………… 8 Five Forces Analysis ……………………………………………………………….. 10 Drivers of Change in the Industry …………………………………………………... 12 Current Strategy ……………………………………………………………………
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Executive Summary Jim Collins, already established as one of the most influential management consultants, further established his credibility with the wildly popular Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don’t, originally published in 2001. The book went on to be one of the bestsellers in the genre, and it is now widely regarded as a modern classic of management theory. Collins takes up a daunting challenge in the book: identifying and evaluating the factors and variables
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Whole Foods Case Analysis 1. (a) Whole Foods operates in the organic, or natural and specialty foods retail industry. Leading the industry, Whole Foods Market is the world's most successful natural foods grocery chain. Having recently acquired one of its main competitors, Wild Oats Market, Whole Foods currently competes with two other large grocery chainsKroger and Trader Joe's. The company also acquired Amrion, a company specializing in nutraceuticals (natural supplements with pharmaceutical-type
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Globalisation of the food retail industry – forecasts to 2013 2008 edition Page i Globalisation of the food retail industry – forecasts to 2013 2008 edition By Helen Lewis June 2008 Published by Aroq Limited Seneca House Buntsford Park Road Bromsgrove Worcestershire B60 3DX United Kingdom Tel: Fax: Web: +44 (0)1527 573 600 +44 (0)1527 577 423 www.just-food.com Registered in England no: 4307068 © 2008 All content copyright Aroq Ltd. All rights reserved. Page ii Single-user
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SPOTLIGHT ON HOW TO MANAGE DISRUPTION Spotlight ARTWORK Henrique Oliveira, Tapumes Rice Gallery, Houston, 2009, plywood 4.7 x 13.4 x 2m It’s not enough to know that a threat is coming. You need to know whether it’s coming right for you. by Maxwell Wessel and Clayton M. Christensen 56 Harvard Business Review December 2012 PHOTOGRAPHY: NASH BAKER Surviving Disruption HBR.ORG Maxwell Wessel is a fellow at the Forum for Growth and Innovation and a senior researcher at Harvard Business
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Whole Foods Market: A Financial Analysis Throughout the course of time, changes have and will continue to occur in nearly every aspect of life. From the improvements in technology, to the evolution of the automobile, as well as everywhere in between, change is simply a part of everyday life. Perhaps one of the imminent changes upon society today is the food and drink intake of the world in general, but specifically the American people. Some grocery and supermarket companies such as Whole
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Britt Sturm Cases in Managerial Finance Dr. Morris November 9th, 2015 Hansson Private Label, Inc. (Pg. 151) 1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry? Hansson Private Label, Inc., (HPL) founded by Tucker Hansson in 1992 when he decided to purchase the manufacturing assets of Simon Health and Beauty Products. Hansson had background in branded personal care products and wanted to change his position in the market place. The personal
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COMPANY BACKGROUND Whole Foods Market was founded in Austin, Texas, when four local businesspeople decided the natural foods industry was ready for a supermarket format. Their founders were John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy, owners of Safer Way Natural Foods, and Craig Weller and Mark Skiles, owners of Clarksville Natural Grocery. The original Whole Foods Market opened in 1980 with a staff of only 19 people. It was an immediate success. At the time, there were less than half a dozen natural food
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