not at kroger. the merchandise was integrated right in the aisles with the regular goods and the prices are so competitive, you can't believe it! for natural and organic, that's right! lots of people out west by the way, have revoted against the all-expensive and consuming and taking up landfills packaging that many foods have come in. they are revolting against packaging packaging. kroger had aisle after aisle of containers of fresh goods, fresh seeds, fresh nuts other goodies that you lift up a latch and the stuff comes pouring out right into a baggie you can grab at the stand. no plastic, no large things no liner board, just the food packageless. their produce was more natural and organic than the other way around. the displays were beautiful. i even tweeted one @jimcramer. and when i checked out, i listened to all the cashiers talk to customers about what their store could be doing better. they knew many of the people's names. they talked to me like i was, like, from klamath. i liked it. i've be

>> kroger is -- this is the kind of selloff that is precisely made for kroger.has nothing to do with durable goods or with red hot biotechs that are no longer red hot. nothing to do with hot semiconductors or the industrials. it has to do with america and, therefore, i think as kroger comes in this may be your chance. not to necessarily buy it at the opening tomorrow, but i bet you by the end of the day, you pretty sure it ain't kraft today. that's pretty much the only time you got it. if you didn't own it don't regret it. hey, we got a lot tonight, including the best on the employment situation in the country. i'll be talking to ceo payroll provider paychex ahead of the next big jobs report. the single best way to protect yourself against a brutal pullback. what a right way to play am i diversified. all your calls rapid fire just ahead. why don't you stick with cramer. >>> here's a company that's the number two payroll processor in the u.s. specializing in small and medium size businesses. the employment situation might be so strong that paychex would be roarin

not in the last three years, kroger is up 340%. nevertheless, this is from last october, walmart and whole foods are slowly killing traditional supermarkets. well, since this headline, kroger shares are up 38%. the greatness of competition not only has made them a winner, but has made the consumer a winner. and the american economy a winner as well. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. with the pulse of floor. >> that's right, charles. so excited to be able to bring you the pulse of floor. joined by jason. he and i were chatting about the jobs report tomorrow. important or not that important? >> unless we have a real anomaly, it's all factored in. it has been factored in for a couple of years now. >> what is important to you? >> i think we need to see stability in the commodities market specifically in oil. if we have that, people can make pretty good long-term judgments about the market. that's holding the equity market at this point. >> right. and you've been bullish. believed in the american

a lot of people refer to their kroger store as their kroger store. i wasn't allowed to say kroger because my uncle had a little grocery. he was a butcher. that was before supermarkets put mom and pop businesses out of business. that's how far back i go. we were just talking about competition. supermarkets type of competitive business. what are margins typically running at kroger? >> well our net margin is under 2% but competition, it's been first in this industry all 30 years i've been here. i've never had a year where we said, oh this is going to be easy because competition is soft isser. we put our ads out every week so we know what everybody is charge for the product. our goal is the customer. we try to figure out what the customer wants and try to give them the best price and best convenience and best shopping experience we can possibly figure out. >> you saw the merger today. i guess kroger needs to think about that shelf space and everything else on a daily basis. is this does for consumers, bad for consumers or it is what it is? >> at the end

kroger is trading at a record high.ing a victory lap today after fourth-quarter results topped analyst estimates. outlook is also better than anticipated. ciena posted a third straight day of losses. the revenue last quarter missed estimates because of the timing of some orders, and the stronger dollar was a head wind. also, investors are on m&a watch in the shopping mall owner -- mass riches moving higher after "the wall street journal" reports that simon property group has approached it about a takeover. you can see simon property group is slightly higher in early trading. betty: i am still on that coffee though. you have got me hankering for that. scarlet: loyalty perks program. betty: i know, another cup of joe. circle monday, march 9, coming up fast. that is when the ecb-planned one trillion-euros to ms. program is going to start. mario draghi aims to end all the mysteries running his plan. investors appear to be satisfied. european stocks are gaining for the second day, pushing the stoxx 600 to its highest level s

kroger continues to turn in results.ins did contribute to results but strong without that as well. move on to retail i'd be remiss if i didn't talk about the movers. costco reporting both same-store sales and full earnings. earnings beating by a decent margin thanks to a gas margin really robust gas margin there. same-store sales up 1% when you account for the gasoline and the foreign exchange rate. if you take that out, up 8%. strong results out of costco. l brands beating consensus with february comps, up 6%. the street only expected 4.9%. victoria secret the plain driver behind than remember you have valentine's day in february and the big swimwear push, with the swimwear special, it was pretty interesting. talking about marketing a good one for l brands. the surprise decline for buckle teen retailer. abercrombie, continues to disappoint trying to find its brand footing getting a couple of downgrades today. abercrombie & fitch lower again for the second day. back to you. >> thanks very much courtney. didn't want to we

alison: you can find charmed bars in kroger and whole foods. they come in three flavors. in the month of april, 10% of proceeds go to the autism hope alliance. alison starling, abc 7 news. kimberly: coming up -- coffee with a side of fur. skippy!! yippee!! fun fun fun! shiny! you never listen! what? is someone talking? ♪ skippy!! ♪ ♪ yippee!! ♪ i'm bored. hashtag bored. skippy!! yippee!! look a ride! (vo) made with the funnest peanuts ever! skippy. yippee!! ♪ kimberly: what do you get when you pair cats with coffee? crumbs and whiskers has been given the ok to open in georgetown. caroline tucker met the woman behind the idea. caroline: a cafÉ filled with cats in the heart of georgetown. >> this inspired crumbs and whiskers. caroline: she embraces her cat fancy. so she quit her finance job to pursue her real passion. >> get the animals out of the shelter and put them in the cafÉ which becomes their home and becomes more playful. caroline: about 10 to 15 cats will come from the washington humane society. >> it's a great way to get the animals and cats exposure. >> every sin

are a striping on the swauktsz that have in the past obey retired around schools and mid street kroger's are now going to be more dominant in our intersections beginning on geary street those are important one there are and do in fact slow down traffic and make people more aware but also what ed reiskin and others have been saying in our street safety advocates we've got to make people more aware if we can make sure that ice are the first and not other distractions that the eyes see the crosswalks and people in the crosswalk using that it will penetrate people in vehicles to slow down and respect the people that are using the sidewalks and streets and the warns turns into a higher level of safety on the streets this is exactly what we're trying to side here you'll see the departments working i'm going to take physical action and laying down the stripes myself but more of this is going to happen because we as a city agreed we're going to put serious resources into these our vision zero so that it is not just a a pronouncement we make those things happen on as many street corners as possib

the stock of the day easily was kroger. posted its earnings.ks to an all-time high. the company and the story of survival underscores the greatness of capitalism. back in 1998. kroger. they withdrew a 5 billion-dollar takeover offer. the stock plunged. down 86% in one day. they said, you know what, they spent too much money on this store. they were losing to the hypermarket. big box stores. but mostly walmart. company fought back as you can see. then it started to drift again. by 2005, it lost half of its value. again, people w

kroger announced a big pop in earnings. grocery store's quarterlies. full year outlook topping views. shares up almost 7% to $74.31. comments from boeing's chief financial officer told investors that cash flow levels will rise in coming years but investors should expect the gains in the 2015 to come in toward the end of the year not sooner. the stock rose slightly to close at $154.47. >> simon group, according to "the wall street journal." no formal offers but a stake of about 3.5% in the company last year. shares of simon were down just $187.13. maycher reach. hopefully i pronounced that correctly. and biopharmaceuticals after reassuring news that it backed its injection for double chin reduction saying the benefits for the treatment outweigh the risks. shares soared 25% to $50. and after the bell gap reporting a surprise drop in sales. banana republic divisions saw declines. shares volatile after hours, one point, down more than 2% but before the close the stock was down about 1.5% to $41.43. >>> still ahead, the retirement mistake you don't want to

kroger and the fresh market. meanwhile costco already reported earnings.uarter results came out a few hours ago. the wholesale operator posting higher profits. beating forecasts thanks to a tax dividend related to a special dividend last month. u.s. same store sales rose 4% including the impact of fuel prices and foreign currencies. in studio with us this morning, brian, retail analyst. good morning to you. let's kick off with costco. overall the earnings pretty solid. >> very solid. there's a little bit of noise in the numbers as you highlight with a one time benefit and with gas prices but overall it's another very solid report and very much as expected. >> so as expected solid report and they're in a sweet spot for the dynamics at the moment n. particular oil prices coming off. they're a clear beneficiary because they're at the right price point. >> right we have to keep in mind costco serves the higher end customer. it's interesting because it's a wholesale club. but what's driving their business now is the on going improving spending environment in th

we had the cfo of kroger on earlier this week. >> is he a kentucky grad?ot his bachelors degree in accounting his bba in finance, and his masters degree in accounting all from the university of kentucky. >> that's our bad. >> this california guy thinks everybody is a hick from kentucky. well, they're not. >> and an astronaut from there too. >> so university of kentucky is well represented with kroger. >>> when we come back, jim cramer will wrap up the week on wall street and key jobs numbers on friday. check out the futures at this hour. still indicated to have a slightly lower open. s no shortage in this world. who do you trust? whose analysis is accurate? how do you make sense of it all? a simple unbiased stock score consolidated from the opinions of independent analysts... is that too much to ask? nope. equity summary score powered by starmine, will help you execute your ideas with speed and conviction. and it's only on fidelity.com. open an account and find more of the expertise you need to be a better investor. hello. i am a fully automated investment

think of a shopping center with a big supermarket like kroger a & p, walmart and smaller stores builtund that supermarket. basically they will take a shopping center, bring in a high quality grocery store to upgrade the other tenants. they like the business because supermarkets are the one part of retail that's immunized against e-commerce. most of the tenants can't beat amazon. the latest quarter was solid. now blackstone still owns a majority of the company but thereby a bunch of secondaries. they just priced 22.5 million shares or $26.38 this week. you know, they can still be unloading position. they have done it shrewdly. does the stock make sense at these levels? let's take a look with the ce o of bricksmore property. learn more about his company and process. welcome to "mad money." >> thank you, jim. >> i have to tell you when i looked at it i was going over it with my research soesassociate. 93% e-commerce defensive customers. isn't that what you need now in your business? >> it is. you mentioned the grocery anchor. we love that. it's noncyclical, consistent traffic flow. there

including giant, harris peter and kroger. >> our formula at mom made is to take kid favorite recipes so mac & cheese. we have a cheese pizza meatballs and make them as healthy as we can. >> stouffer's started in the tech business rising through the ranks and traveling the world but she always loved to cook. she and her husband now have two children. and you can see their family photo right on the mommade meals box. a homemade success story straight from the farmers market. >> my whole philosophy is not the time to cut corners just because you've had a busy day. >> so mom made is coming to safeway in april and they've just launched a gluten free line as well. so despite the success already, stouffer wants mommade to one day be a household name. and kimberly i have to thank you for this great story idea. fantastic. >> sounds like she's on her way. great to see a local woman making good. still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00, a fraternity caught making racist chants on video could soon end up in a courtroom. and where one pothole is sending big business to d.c. mechanics next on abc 7 news

. >> long kroger. >> i'm a technical guy. >> i'm a value guy. >> buy pharmaceutical stocks and buy and >>> all right. and let's meet today's starting lineup live here in detroit. >> josh brown university of maryla maryland. >> steve weiss saint johns university school of law. >> nika jay. >> university of dayton. >> thanks so much for having us. we're excited to be here. we've got hundreds of students here. it's so great to have young people interested in the stock market. >> it is absolutely wonderful. what they know about the markets, what they know about investments, trading, it's incredible. >> you've been doing this for a number of years. what do you hope the students take away from this? >> well, the thing about student conferences like this and investment conference like this, student-run portfolios, it's experiential learning. it's where theory makes practice. it's what they've learned in the classroom and they're able to apply it. they're managing real money, they're pitching stocks. take away that real experience. >> steve, i mean, you guys have had some interaction with thes

there is no deal in process of the moment, but kroger and other companies seem potentially interestedmuch scarlet. the obama administration is announcing a letter sent by 43 senators to political leaders in iran saying, we will consider any agreement regarding her nuclear weapons program that is not approved by the congress of nothing more than an executive agreement between president obama and the ayatollah khomeini . what is the response of the white house? peter: they are not very happy with it, and other leaders are not either. they see it as a push by the public and to undercut this president's ability to conduct foreign policy, specifically these negotiations with the iranians. they see this as a direct attempt to undermine the president and to blow up those talks before they even reach final conclusion. there -- they are looking for the white house to have a framework by the end of march. the president himself took a shot at the letter writers. take a look at this. president obama: it is somewhat on my mac -- somewhat ironic for members of congress to deal like this with hard-l

on that note, we have kroger paying less than walmart or target.oining me with exclusive comments. here's a look at our top stories this morning. the u.s. ambassador to south korea says he will be back at work soon despite getting 80's digits for knife wounds. that is the scene of the inch best of the incident. the attacker

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looking at some earnings, costco on the s&p 500 kroger up 5%. costco up 2%.h and not with their quarterly reports and earnings. as we just showed you we are continuing to follow the story of delta with one of their aircraft skidding off a runway at laguardia airport in new york. we are hovering around session lows of 1.7% bid airlines are lower today. the future of the market is never clear. but at t. rowe price we can help guide your retirement savings. our experience is one reason 100% of our retirement funds beat their 10-year lipper averages. so wherever your long-term goals take you we can help you feel confident. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. stuart: this is becoming a major story. you are looking at a still shot of a delta plane that skidded off the runway at laguardia. we are told several sources report that la guardia airport will be closed by the faa a until later is recei

go to kroger to see what it's like to understand the assault that kraft was under.nd i think this is a brilliant move if you're kraft because i didn't see growth. >> they did put a new ceo in who i think was devoting himself to exactly what we're talking about here. now my understanding is when he was approached by 3g and mr. buffett, warren said it took four weeks, i'm told it was early in the year when the first approach was made mr. cahill, i'm talking about, just appointed ceo a few months ago, he took to 3g guys alex bearing whose runs heinz, he took to him and liked what he was saying because he was going to be following a similar plan. cahill will stay at the company in the sort of chairman operational -- i want to put the right name on it -- i forget what exactly it is -- overseeing some of the stuff. they were going down a road he said he was willing to go down as well, namely we need to cut, we need to focus on getting our margins up. >> sure. >> when i hear these guys talk about how these companies have so much to cut, and that heinz, though nelson peltz

stocks like target and kroger are down some believe because investors expect they will have to match.think the competitive marketplace works and they'll do what's best for their business. >> what might be more interesting today this port issue. you mentioned williams-sonoma, that's going to save ten cents. >> that's a sobering conference call. by the way an amazing company, 50% is e-commerce and they had such decline in inventory. people go to the stock realize they're out of stock. listen to the conference call. this company is well-run. and it was just a couple of long shore people that did wreck their quarter. that will be finished this quarter. it's not going to be done this quarter's going to be impacted. when that smoke clears you want to buy the stock. the stock will not remain down long. it's on fire other than urban outfitters, the best quarter. you just can't see it because of the port situation. they are hitting on all cylinders. remarkable. >> you've been saying for a while -- >> i'm blown away how good that company is. probably the fastest growing individual division of a

we can joke all we want about it but a whole foods, trader joe's, even the fred meyer, they have a kroger, they're not crazy about this kind of stuff. >> the segment of the population, i would point out, still eats a lot of this. a lot. >> that segment's getting older. >> maybe getting older. also have -- may also be the high higher-end that can afford it. >> i grew up chef boyardee and tang. >> if you gave me chef boyardee right now i'd be happy. that was my dinner in my 20s. come home open it up. >> there's no accounting for taste. >> then get into the chips ahoy. great meal. >> don't go there. cowan, switching gears entirely to the rails. the rails have been a leadership group, david. cowan downgrades union pacific. ksu, kansas southern reported this week, negative numbers, that was the peso they do a lose of business in mexico brings autos and also have oil that comes all the way down. union pacific has fracking sand. people are forgetting that fracking sand is down huge okay? they have a lot of metals that are shipped by train. those are bad. this stock needs to stop its decline befo

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kroger, one of the biggest -- one of the biggest grocery store chains out there, it gets all of its salesnies like verizon and at&t both of those guys get all thifr revenues here's. when some investors are looking for this dollar trade about people who may not have as much exposure to the strength of the u.s. dollar check out some of the guys here that don't have to worry about foreign exchange translation issues when it comes to their revenues and profits. guys, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> well one reason being given for a weaker stock market overall today is of course that stronger dollar. we have heard it a lot today. even on this fine network. history suggests oidz. look at the 20-year chart we made of the dollar index and the s&p 50000. you can see mostly together schwab research shows going back to the late 1970s stocks tend to perform twice as well in dollar bull markets as they do in dollar bear markets. sarah eisen who will apparently tell us why we're completion wrong, joining us from the new york stock exchange as well. got melissa there. larry. what say you? stron

solid beats from costco kroger and more. futures have come out of the red this morning.rson on with becky this morning.