>> kroger needs price inflation, i know costco is predicting that. i don't mind sitting with kroger, it's a good company, don't expect anything to exceed price inflation, that's what they need. l let's go to alex in oregon. >> caller: you featured tellurian, i jumped in, it's down about 40% from where it was. that's tll. how do you feel about that? >> look, i think he's a winner. now the stock has come down, but liquefied and natural gas, it's a real business, it's a very strong business, and i think suki is a smart man, i'm not going to go against him. how about kyle in new jersey. >> caller: jd.com, they had a great quarter. >> i have said over and over, and since 90, i think allibabal. that's a company i met face-to-face, and felt very good about their financials, went through back and forth, that's the one i endorse for china alibaba. john in north carolina. >> caller: go tar heels. i want to thank you for taking my call for the seventh time. i sincerely appreciate it. it looks like the rise of aob and rgr are a short squeeze because they all dro

this is a handbook of indians of california by kroger and it actually is a good description of all the tribes in california and we use this a lot for children specially in fourth grade who are doing reports on native american tribes. this allows us to access all the tribes in california. so this next book is also a book that i use very often because this is about the wintu but it's written for kids and when the fourth graders are assigned their report to do, a report on native american tribe, we can give them this book and it -- it very simply lays out how they lived, talks about the houses that they lived in their dress, those are the typical questions on the fourth grade report so we use this book allot. now, the next thing i'm going to talk about is a very important book, it's not in the california indian collection, it is in our local history collection and this is the wintu dictionary. there are not very many of these out there, and as you can see from the pages, it's not in the best of shape. an important part of preserving the wintu culture is, of course, preserving the wintu la

kroger has been working with a data analysis firm for years. four years nobody paid attention. have a loyalty program, they don't know a lot about who is shopping there. at kroger they know exactly who is in their store and when you bought last time and what you like to buy, they are pushing you coupons. whole foods is giving its toe into that space. for years that didn't matter. sales were up double digits and that didn't matter but now they are having problems. julia: we show you the stock partners% since jana were involved and they're hoping for a sale here. my question on their earnings would be what do investors want to hear on this? is it good news or bad news? i guess if we have good news for the government in make the sale is likely, perhaps, or vice sometime -- buys some time, which measures would prefer. from: there was no barclays saying that if the sales were about the stock would go up. we're looking for some signs of the ceo is taking control and sevenrn the sales around straight quarters of declining same-store sales is the worst slump for them in years. whole fo

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her mother, sara lynn kroger and crigger's boyfriend, ryan warner are accused of killing kroger's the real daughter in 2014. jurors have reached a verdict against crigger but that verdict is sealed until the warner verdict has been reached which could happen at any day. testimony in the cases was heard simultaneously by the same judge. >>> bart police are investigating car break-ins at various bart station parking lots yesterday. there were nine auto burglaries at the millbrae station, one and cola and the other at the el cerrito del norte station. bart has seen a 22% spike in crime this year according to its former interim police chief. a bart spokeswoman told us that car breaks and's are actually down over the past two years as well as auto thefts. they have added extra patrols at parking lots. >>> the bart system was plagued with persistent delays this morning. that was due to two medical emergencies, a track problem at the lake merritt station and disabled train outside the transbay tube in oakland. the problems started around 6:45 am. the delays on some lines were as long as 30 m

we are responding to an overdose of a middle-aged male at a kroger grocery store. it has been reported 911 and we are currently there are now. >> his mom is outside. >> what's his name? >> timmy. how long have you been doing heroin? >> it's been a while since you've done it? >> you've been doing it for a while? stand up, hands of against the wall. get your bearings. >> how did you get into it? >> just happened. taking pills them and actually, i've been trying to get off. >> i would just as soon be able to hear from these companies if they would come in and we will partner with you to be able to fight this addiction, rather than spend their time saying "it's not our fault, we are just a business." when i was in the investment business, if i was giving advice to somebody that caused harm to them, i would lose my career. lose my license, possibly have to pay money. do no harm, and there is plenty of harm we can point to all around. tim: a powerful look at a nationwide crisis. scientists creating a bionic hand that is a sensitive and versatile as the human version. the

she and her kroger team have been here behind me across the track there since 4:00 a.m.e serve huge urn arrangements of roses that will be in the winner's circle today. it's ten feet long and 40 pounds, that garland. it was an honor to be able to sew on one of those roses. >> the stories of overcoming this year. >> yeah. >> are just fantastic. coy wire, you enjoy yourself. we'll be checking in with you throughout the rest of the morning. >> quick break. we'll be right back with the next hour of "new day." e the ring to match. at jared, we only sell one piece of jewelry... ...the engagement ring of her dreams you had designed just for her. in fact, with custom design services in every jared... ...anything you can imagine, our expert jewelers can create. something completely original, completely unique... ...completely her. custom design that's why he went to jared. a cockroach can survive heresubmerged ttle guy. underwater for 30 minutes. wow. yeah. not getting in today. terminix. defenders of home. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair wrinkles? your time is up! with the

when i got 18 and got out of high school, i got a job at the kroger company in there i stayed .ntil theay i retired i worked, i got married. i raise my family. i bought a home and did all the things that is required. you sir, you did not. 90 spent the money -- my tax dollar and now you are crying because the money is not there for you to spend again. the money needs to be put back into these places where we paid it in. now you are the one holding the money bag. now you want to tell me how bad i am because i want to have somewhat of a distant life. i'm not asking to live in luxury like you are, sir, but i would love to pay my gas and electric bill and my mortgage in the same month. host: catherine, thank you. guest: she obviously doesn't know my voting record. i do not vote for one appropriations bill the entire time i was in the u.s. senate because i thought it was a moral. immoral. i'm the guy who did the oversight. i'm the guy who outlined the waste and didn't vote for it. i understand your opinion, but if you check my voting record, you would find your statements are far in error. ho

kroger saying goodbye to tuesday 5% program but says it will be replaced with the deeper price cut onthousands of items. larry: the latest fad sweeping the elementary school set. if fidget spinners. schools across the country are starting to ban them. >> some hold them and watch them do >> they are if pun to spin. >> we have heard of some banning them in classroom. alison: this is a new one. a trick that could improve your performance at the gym. a new study found exercises tended to perform better if they curse. while they work out. the reason is swearing can enhance a person's fight or flight response. it might get you kicked out of the gym. that could be a bigger problem. larry: growing concerns about the about lassy of -- racks issy of the medical -- accuracy of the medical news. a recent analysis found ten-fold increase in studies that get retracted because of fraud. >> i came journal of medicine in 1939. starting this is when you saw drug companies assert more and more control. until finally in the next decades they treated researchers as the hired hands. they designed the resea

when i got 18 and got out of high school, i got a job at the kroger company. and there i stayed until the day i retired. i worked. i got married. i had children. i raised my family. i bought a home and did all the things that is required of me, but you, sir, you did not. now you spent the money, my money, my tax dollar, and you you're crying because the money is not there for you to spend again. now the money needs to be put back into these places where we've paid it in. now, you, sir, are the one holding the moneybag. and now you want to tell me how bad i am because i want to have somewhat of a decent life. i'm not asking to live in luxury like you are, sir. but i like to pay my gas and electric bill and my mortgage in the same month. >> katherine, thank you. we'll let our guest respond. >> well, it's interesting. she obviously doesn't know my voting record. didn't vote for one appropriation bill because i thought it was immoral while i was in the u.s. senate. number two, i'm the guy that did the oversight trying to straighten things out. i'm the guy that out

-- is that real possible, come on, no. >> amazon, that's not the style, but kroger, yes. one of the things they talked about that was kind of absurd was that they said, listen, we're going to raise the dividend because we want a 2% yield. they didn't get need to get a 2% yield by raising the dividend. they could have done it by having the stock go down. >> you see any analogs between facebook co-oping snapchat's niche product and whole foods co-oping the niche product? >> well, the affinity will matter. they generate a huge amount of cash and they have this kind of sacrosanct regional and national -- they have like many layers of management. and it was -- it was experienceal to shop there. now it's kind of okay. they fell behind. they should have brought salesforce.com in a long time ago to figure out what the customers want. i think it could be easily in play. not anything they said last night, although this board of directors is highly independent. i mean, ron shaich, you can't own those guys. those guys can not be bought. so if there's a bid that comes, it's going to b

. >> caller: i'm curious about kroger stock?pettive market, and i got to tell you the supermarkets don't have enough inflation. talk to me in six months, we'll look at it then. dan in missouri. dan. >> caller: jim, intbooyah. i bought chicago bridge and iron. >> no, too much infrastructure and on the hook programs for some big construction projects in the south. don't want the touch that one. ryan in my home state of new jersey. >> caller: booya from new jersey. my question is 3d systems. >> no, i don't want to own that, not with some of the other companies coming on. when you start seeing 3d from iconic i don't want to mess with it from 3d systems. how about ibor in north carolina. >> caller: i'm a first time caller and i appreciate your show. i'm a retiree for a year and half and you have given me a lot of information. >> thank you very much. >> caller: my pleasure i assure you. my question is regard to the only speculative pip stock in my portfolio which is country wide holdings. i wonder what you think about it. >> country w

but the grocery stores, when you go into a kroger's, they all have their natural section now. they all have their whole foods part, and it's getting bigger and bigger. that's making it much more difficult for whole foods to be able to compete there, and that's why you wonder if jana at some point doesn't press it a little harder saying, hey, look, we need to do something and that's not necessarily in the store itself. >> the older stores have negative comps. secondly pricing pressure. commodity prices have been going down and down and down. they can't raise prices and people are saying we'll go to other stores and they can't keep the margins up so that's what you're seeing. >> so the stock is up 20% year to date. you know, you guys may be -- the commentary is a little more negatively bent. wells fargo out with a note today, they reiterate their outperform, $42 price target. the company is talking a good game but this time it's serious. the new proactive approach to change is a good thing. are you guys giving it enough credit? stock has moved. >> i think the stock is rightfully

you can get it for kroger cheaper, at walmart.d what they did with organic and plowed into that market, so a ton of competition, deflation has hit them hard, so that number needs to come up, and that's something people will watch going forward. location inconvenience. i do find them incredibly expensive. scarlet: $60 for three things. >> shocking. we have to thank you so much. thank you for speaking to us on that. scarlet: coming up, buybacks can be a good way for a company to get around issuing new stock, but also an inefficient use of cash. which companies have made wise buybacks? or is it a matter of timing? this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: "what'd you miss?" a onefoods just announced point two $5 billion stock buyback program. our stock repurchases and effective use of corporate money? -- -- tend to have a drop in their pe multiple, so they are looking at earnings per share, so buyback is not a good idea. we calculate roi based on what they paid for the stock. it is just like you think about a capital investment or acquisition. h

the kroger company the official florist of the derby the last 31 years and carol besler has been sewingand let us sew one on too. the mint juleps, i'm here with global ambassador thomas with woodford's $2500 mint julep, but it's for a good cause. >> great cause going straight to the kentucky derby museum and i can actually tell you we've sold out. we've raised over $132,000. >> outstanding. >> amazing. happy derby, thank you so much. >> cheers. fred, it's a good day. it's derby day here at churchill downs. >> cheers. wait a minute, $2500. tell me something about that cup. it can't be because of what's inside. >> gold plated silver plated that's what it's all about. it's the keepsake and knowing you gave money to a good cause. >> oh, that's pretty. okay. i get it now. well cheers. use my imaginary $2500 cup. have fun out there. >>> all right. the next hour of "the newsroom" starts right now. all right. hello again, and thank you so much for being with me. i'm fredricka whitfield. nearly six months after winning the election president trump and members of his team are still dogged by ques

kroger sells more natural products than whole foods combined.s, are actually not looking to report the news anymore. they're actually looking to make the news. they're changing their resets and stores. they're bringing in earlier brands, whether it's watermelon water, one bar, and giving them space because they know consumers are looking for those brands. >> guys, thanks very much. brett thank you for joining us. rohan is going to stick around. >> coming up, today's top stories and then tomorrow on "squawk box," jack welch will be our guest host starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. stay tuned. we'll be right back. predictable. the comfort in knowing where things are headed. because as we live longer... and markets continue to rise and fall... predictable is one thing you need in retirement to help protect what you've earned and ensure it lasts. introducing brighthouse financial. a new company established by metlife to specialize in annuities & life insurance. talk to your advisor about a brighter financial future. looking from a fresh perspective

they realize they can't branch out and try to get the costco customer, the kroger customer.ter was an inflection point in the company where they said we're going to focus more on real estate, close down stores and focus on core consumer through more marketing. eventually they will roll out a loyalty card program. we think the more narrow focus and try to get more spending from existing customers will help stabilize the business. you're right, it is natural organic continues to spread to more and more venues, they will not be able to gain the same share they may have thought a few years ago. >> how do you think they're going to do this? you mention you think the near term report will show more weakness. if you were to start something today in the sort of healthy foods industry, what would it be? whole foods was such a brilliant concept at the time, executed so well for so many years, but now it is just a different backdrop. so they've tried the smaller format stores and different things. which strategy is it that's going to somehow look into the future and say, here is how to

but very surgically going right up against kroger, going right up against target to the point where thisbetween a target price and a wal-mart price is quite something to pay attention to. alix: so what's the knock on more jenkins? >> margins did come down a little bit. they've been compressed for wal-mart. and this is a different game for wal-mart. this is a different world for wal-mart of old. they used to really be focused on keeping that earnings growth. and you know they are doing a respectable job on that but at the same time, they're investing now to get people in their stores through prices and also e-commerce,. david: with a about this online growth? 69%. most of it appears from the website. >> you don't just come up with 69% out of nowhere after 20%, 10% years of force. so you are definitely seeing the impact of jet. and then also the other acquisitions and then as you said, a lot of it came from wal-mart.com but a bunch of it comes from online groceries. they are expanding online groceries all around the country and that is really impacting. david: they took mark lori and put h

kroger had its biggest drop. trish: you can't go anywhere in europe without a lytle.s: hey, check this out. the exxonmobil plant to invest about 300 million over the next ten years in mexico. it's going to launch multiple stations in that country that first will open in the second half of the year. any thoughts on that, guys? liz: you have thoughts on that? . charles: just had ge saying they want to expand in mexico. liz: yeah,. charles: i mean, as it does underscore the fact that we are really -- trish: what does president trump think about it? . charles: we're economically connected. trish: of course we are. charles: any moment now we're going to see president trump give his commencement address to the graduates of the u.s. coast guard academy. you're not going to miss it, so stay with us we're on to you, diabetes. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest unti