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i had cash in the market and with the recent ipo of albertson and low pne, what do you say now is theto get in for the long term or look at another supermarket -- >> i like albertson when it came public and everything they're doing but last week kroger reported an amazing quarter and the darn thing cannot get out of its way. hold off aci we'll do more work i think it's cheap but i need a catalyst let's go to joel in florida. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. >> of course >> caller: got a question for you. so tech being so heavily utilized nowadays and increased importance on cybersecurity? >> crowd strike, george was on our show not that long ago i think that what happened today with snow flake is going to cause people to take a little pause because that stock is up gigantically for the year. i like to wait a little bit before i tell you to buy it. it's one of the hottest stocks in the market and right now the hottest stocks could be under us all by additional ipos coming to the market sur sure,j frog is a high quality company but the stock is too hot to handle. you know what i ne

>>with what we've smoke clouded business owner christian albertson says. >>he's hopeful as air quality is expected to improve over the next couple of days people are out. >>you know we've got a couple reservations for you know some reservations are tonight so it's looking a lot better. so it's been a much better day in all this. >>now we're not quite out of the woods just yet but for everyone's sake we hope that the air quality continues to improve in stays this way i know at least i'm happy to finally be able to open my windows tonight here in the city for the latest you can check out kron 4 dot com we'll always have the latest on how that air quality is doing in on the conditions for now live in san francisco taylor bisacky kron 4 news center. thank you let's free lively there on polk street let's see how looks overview biggs picture looking at the city this is a beautiful shot. >>hopefully pam that's fog and not smoke, let's hope so of course it was another spare the air day today another one is expected tomorrow, but lawrence you say tonight things are

i got a question in regards to aci albertsons. >> yes >> caller: as you know, this is the second largest chain in the country they have been reducing billions of dollars in debt month over month. they were around 270% increase in digital sales. >> right. >> caller: typically grocery stores are a great defensive play during the downturn they can defer mortgage. >> you're preaching to the choir. i said people should be buying the stock. so far, not right. so far, i am still willing to say i'm early. not wrong. you and i are in agreement larry in florida, larry? >> caller: jimmy chill. >> larry. >> caller: so, i've held a small position in this company for awhile and i enjoy the beverage. considering the new found profitability and significant growth prospects, what are your long term thoughts on celius. >> the calorie burning beverages. look, i got to do work on this why? because too often we have been burned by supplements, by -- look at that any kind of herbalife is hard. let's go to noah in alabama. >> caller: boo-yah, dr. cramer first-time caller here. >> good for you. what is going on

so it's been a much better day and co owner christian albertson says. >>it's a much needed change as restaurants continue to struggle because of the pandemic is being bled dry right >>i think it's very important that everyone kind of knows like we need more. call your congressman, you congressman collier reps tell them to stimulus. >>well hopefully for everyone's sake the air quality stays this way in continues to stay in nice out here. for our latest you can check on kron 4 dot com you can check all the conditions over there for now live in san francisco taylor kron 4 news taylor. thank you for that report will of course the air quality was definitely better today, but we are still under the spare the air alert. lawrence is here with a look at the weather out there is a lot better or it's also much better every day every getting up in the first thing i do in the morning is open of the kurds to check out the air quality today you can actually see for a while out at the fact you can see that right now looking east bay hills over the bay. >>and yet that n

want to play big secular themes in sectors you mentioned like consumer staples, costco, walmart, albertson'sreal themes we think will last for a long long time. charles: without a doubt. it has been working. your balance is fantastic. brian, congratulations. we are coming back and whenever we are down like this, i like to bring you on because you have been right. you help our audience a lot. thank you, buddy. have a great weekend. >> thanks. you, too. charles: all right. folks, i wasn't able to do it the last couple days but liz claman, i think she will appreciate that i'm handing her a pretty good way to end what has been a tough week otherwise. liz? liz: oh, just right through the camera, just hand it to me. i will take it. i like it so much. thank you very much. although we love our short sellers, too, as always. have a great weekend, charles. >>> too little, too late. yes, we have a lot of nice moves here. the markets are higher, but it's small consolation because the dow is having its worst week in three months and about to clock the longest losing streak in a year, even as it jumps 304

it doesn't happen in safeway as much as i think that albertson's is too cheap, acme you go there theyre not aware of what you buy. i found that at costco they always know that i like the crab legs always. >> back to the larger point here that you've made in so many different areas is the big are going to get bigger at the end of this. they already are and they are going to be even more dominant than they were going into the pandemic and costco is seemingly an example of this, right, david? >> two cards. >> they're up 91%, 120% if you include instacart in there and they have a long way to go so when they get on the other side of this with all the new members, membership was up 5.4% in the fourth quarter. >> that is in keeping. that's the level that they typically have. >> right. >> you're spot on. i mean, look, two cards, i mean their aisles are so wide that you can get two carts through it so you are much less fearful they were the first retailer to say you have to wear a mask. it caused some fights at the beginning but turned out to be something that made it so it was safer. they cre