Kroger, wogulitsa zogulitsa ku America wodziwika bwino, posachedwapa adatulutsa lipoti lake lazachuma lachiwiri, zonse zomwe amapeza komanso kugulitsa zidali bwino kuposa momwe amayembekezera, chibayo chatsopano cha coronavirus chidayambitsa kufalikira kwa m'badwo watsopano kupangitsa ogula kukhala kunyumba pafupipafupi, kampaniyo idakonzanso zolosera zake pakuchita kwa chaka chino.

Ndalama zonse m'gawo lachiwiri zidakwana $ 819 miliyoni, kapena $ 1.03 pagawo lililonse, kuchokera pa $ 297 miliyoni, kapena $ 0.37 pagawo lililonse, nthawi yomweyo chaka chatha. Ndalama zosinthidwa pagawo lililonse zinali masenti 0.73, kupitilira zomwe openda amayembekezera $0.54 mosavuta.

Zogulitsa mgawo lachiwiri zidakwera mpaka $ 30.49 biliyoni kuchokera $ 28.17 biliyoni chaka chatha, kuposa momwe Wall Street adaneneratu $29.97 biliyoni. Rodney McMullen, wamkulu wa Kroger, adati polankhula kwa akatswiri, gulu lachinsinsi la Kroger likuyendetsa malonda onse ndikuwapatsa mwayi wopikisana.

Zogulitsa zosankhidwa mwachinsinsi, sitolo yapamwamba yamakampani, zidakula 17% mu kotala. Malonda a chowonadi chosavuta adakula ndi 20 peresenti, ndipo zinthu zamapaketi a sitolo zidakula ndi 50 peresenti.

Kugulitsa kwa digito kupitilira katatu mpaka 127%. Zogulitsa zomwezo popanda mafuta zidakwera ndi 14.6%, komanso kupitilira zomwe amayembekeza. Masiku ano, Kroger ili ndi malo opitilira 2400 operekera zakudya komanso malo onyamula 2100 m'nthambi zake, kukopa 98% ya ogula pamsika wake kudzera m'masitolo ogulitsa ndi njira zama digito.

"Novel coronavirus chibayo ndiye chinthu chofunikira kwambiri kwa antchito athu ndi ogula. Tipitiliza kuyesetsa kuthana ndi zovuta zomwe chibayo chatsopanochi chikupitilira," adatero Mike Mullen.

"Ogwiritsa ntchito ali pamtima pa zomwe timachita, kotero tikukulitsa gawo lathu la msika. Bizinesi yamphamvu ya digito ya Kroger ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pakukula uku, monga ndalama zowonjezera chilengedwe chathu cha digito zimagwirizana ndi ogula. Zotsatira zathu zikupitiriza kusonyeza kuti Kroger ndi chizindikiro chodalirika komanso kuti ogula athu amasankha kugula nafe chifukwa amayamikira ubwino, kutsitsimuka, zosavuta ndi zinthu zamakono zomwe timapereka ".

Polankhula ndi akatswiri, kuchuluka kwa chibayo kwa kampaniyi "kunali kotsika kwambiri kuposa kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe timagwira nawo ntchito," adatero McMullen. Ananenanso kuti: "Chibayo cha coronavirus chatsegulidwa kwa ife munthawi yatsopano ya chibayo ndipo taphunzira zambiri ndipo tipitilizabe kuphunzira."

Zikumveka kuti Kroger wavomereza ndondomeko yatsopano yowombola katundu wa $ 1 biliyoni kuti alowe m'malo mwa chilolezo chapitacho. Kwa chaka chonse, Kroger amayembekeza kuti malonda omwewo osaphatikizapo mafuta adzakula ndi 13%, ndi phindu pa gawo lililonse likuyembekezeka kukhala pakati pa $ 3.20 ndi $ 3.30. Kuyerekeza kwa Wall Street ndi komweko, kugulitsa kukwera 9.7% ndikupeza phindu pagawo lililonse la $2.92.

M'tsogolomu, chitsanzo cha ndalama cha Kroger sichimayendetsedwa ndi masitolo akuluakulu ogulitsa, mafuta ndi thanzi ndi thanzi labwino, komanso kukula kwa phindu m'mabizinesi ake ena.

Njira yazachuma ya Kroger ndikupitilizabe kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zaulere zaulere zopangidwa ndi bizinesi ndikuziyika mwadongosolo kuti ziwongolere kukula kosatha kwanthawi yayitali pozindikira ma projekiti apamwamba omwe amathandizira njira yake.

Panthawi imodzimodziyo, Kroger adzapitiriza kugawa ndalama zoyendetsera kukula kwa malonda m'masitolo ndi malonda a digito, kupititsa patsogolo zokolola, ndi kumanga chilengedwe cha digito chopanda malire ndi njira zopezera.

Kuphatikiza apo, Kroger akudzipereka kusunga ngongole zonse mu EBITDA yosinthidwa kuyambira 2.30 mpaka 2.50 kuti asunge ngongole zake zomwe zasungidwa.

Kampaniyo ikuyembekeza kupitiliza kukulitsa zopindulitsa pakapita nthawi kuti iwonetse chidaliro chake pamayendetsedwe andalama zaulere ndikupitiliza kubweza ndalama zochulukirapo kwa osunga ndalama kudzera muzogula zogawana.

Kroger akuyembekeza kuti chitsanzo chake chidzapereka zotsatira zabwino zogwirira ntchito pakapita nthawi, kupitirizabe kusunga ndalama zaulere zaulere, ndi kumasulira kubweza kokhazikika komanso kokongola kwa omwe akugawana nawo pa nthawi yayitali ya 8% mpaka 11%.

Opikisana nawo akuluakulu a Kroger ndi Costco, chandamale ndi Wal Mart. Pano pali kuyerekezera kwa sitolo yawo: