Tag: $Kroger

Kroger Co.’s stock rose 1% premarket Thursday, after the grocery chain beat profit estimates for the second quarter to offset sales that fell slightly short.

Kroger Co.’s stock rose 2.5% early Thursday, after the grocery chain posted better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings and backed its guidance.

Kroger on Friday said it has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to U.S. states, subdivisions and Native American tribes to settle the majority claims that it fueled the opioid epidemic through lax oversight of its pill sales.