Kroger, anonyanya kuzivikanwa mutengesi wegirosari wekuAmerica, nguva pfupi yadarika akaburitsa gwaro rezvemari rechipiri, zvese mari nekutengesa zvaive nani pane zvaitarisirwa, novel coronavirus pneumonia yakakonzera kubuda kwezera idzva kuita kuti vatengi vagare pamba kazhinji, kambani yakavandudzawo fungidziro yekuita kwegore rino.

Mari inowanikwa mukota yechipiri yakasvika madhora mazana masere nemakumi mapfumbamwe nepfumbamwe, kana $1.03 pachikamu, kubva pamadhora mazana maviri nemakumi mapfumbamwe nenomwe, kana madhora mazana maviri nemakumi matatu nenomwe, panguva imwe cheteyo gore rapfuura. Mihoro yakagadziridzwa pagome rega rega yaive 0.73 cents, ichipfuura zviri nyore zvinotarisirwa nevanoongorora zvemadhora 0.54.

Kutengeswa muchikamu chechipiri kwakakwira kusvika pamadhora 30.49 bhiriyoni kubva pamadhora 28.17 bhiriyoni gore rapfuura, zviri nani pane fungidziro yeWall Street ye29.97 bhiriyoni. Rodney McMullen, mukuru weKroger, akati mukutaura kune vanoongorora, Kroger's private brand chikamu chiri kutyaira kutengesa kwese uye kuchipa mukana wekukwikwidza.

Kutengeswa kwekusarudzwa kwega, kambani yepamusoro-yekupedzisira chitoro brand, yakakura 17% mukota. Kutengeswa kwechokwadi kwakapfava kwakawedzera ne20 muzana, uye zvigadzirwa zvemapepa ezvitoro zvakawedzera ne50 muzana.

Digital kutengesa kunopfuura katatu kusvika ku127%. Kutengeswa kwakafanana pasina mafuta kwakawedzera ne14.6%, zvakare kudarika zvinotarisirwa. Nhasi, Kroger ine nzvimbo dzinopfuura 2400 dzekutengesa girosari uye 2100 nzvimbo dzekutora mumatavi ayo, inokwezva 98% yevatengi munzvimbo yayo yemusika kuburikidza nezvitoro zvemuviri uye nzira dzedhijitari.

"Novel coronavirus pneumonia ndiyo yekutanga kukoshesa kuvashandi vedu nevatengi. Ticharamba tichishanda nesimba kuti tisangane nematambudziko sezvo korona itsva pneumonia inoenderera mberi," Mike Mullen akadaro.

"Vatengi vari pamwoyo wezvatinoita, saka tiri kuwedzera chikamu chedu chemusika. Bhizinesi rakasimba reKroger ndiro chinhu chinokosha mukukura uku, sezvo mari yekuwedzera dhigirii yedu yemagetsi inopindirana nevatengi. Zvigumisiro zvedu zvinoramba zvichiratidza kuti Kroger imhando yakavimbika uye kuti vatengi vedu vanosarudza kutenga nesu nokuti vanokoshesa kunaka, kutsva, nyore uye zvigadzirwa zvedhijitari zvatinopa ".

Vachitaura nevaongorori, huwandu hwehuwandu hwehutachiona hwehutachiona hwekambani "hwakanyanya kuderera pane chiitiko chenharaunda yatinoshanda," akadaro McMullen. Akawedzera kuti: "novel coronavirus pneumonia yakavhurwa kwatiri munguva nyowani yemabayo uye tadzidza zvakawanda uye ticharamba tichidzidza."

Zvinonzwisisika kuti Kroger yakabvumira chirongwa chitsva che $ 1 bhiriyoni chekutenga zvakare kutsiva mvumo yapfuura. Kwegore rose, Kroger anotarisira kuti kutengesa kwakafanana kusingabatanidzi mafuta kukura neanopfuura 13%, nemari inowanikwa pamugove inotarisirwa kuva pakati pe $ 3.20 ne $ 3.30. Kufungidzira kweWall Street kwakafanana, nekutengesa kwakakwira 9.7% uye mihoro pachikamu che $2.92.

Mune ramangwana, chimiro chemari cheKroger chinotungamirirwa kwete chete nezvitoro zvekutengesa, mafuta uye hutano uye hutano hwehutano, asiwo nekukura kwepurofiti mune mamwe mabhizimisi ayo.

Kroger's financial strategy ndeyekuenderera mberi nekuwedzera simba rakasimba rekusununguka kwemari rinobudiswa nebhizimisi uye kuiendesa nenzira yakarongeka kufambisa kukura kwakasimba kwenguva refu nekucherechedza mapurogiramu ekudzoka kwepamusoro anotsigira mazano ayo.

Panguva imwecheteyo, Kroger icharamba ichigovera mari yekufambisa kukura kwekutengesa muzvitoro uye zvigadzirwa zvedhijitari, kuvandudza chibereko, uye kuvaka isina musono dijitari ecosystem uye cheni yekugovera.

Pamusoro pezvo, Kroger yakazvipira kuchengetedza chikwereti chemumbure mune yakagadziridzwa EBITDA renji ye2.30 kusvika 2.50 kuchengetedza yazvino yekudyara giredhi kiredhiti yechikwereti.

Iyo kambani inotarisira kuenderera mberi nekuwedzera migove nekufamba kwenguva kuratidza chivimbo chayo mukubuda kwemari yemahara uye kuenderera mberi nekudzorera mari yakawandisa kune vanoisa mari kuburikidza nekutenga kwekugovana.

Kroger inotarisira kuti muenzaniso wayo uunze migumisiro yekushanda iri nani nekufamba kwenguva, ramba uchichengetedza kuyerera kwemari kwakasununguka, uye kushandura mukudzoka kwakasimba uye kunokwezva vagoveri vose pamusoro penguva refu ye8% kusvika 11%.

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