Kroger Company and Albertsons (KCAL) Several challenges have impacted the food s

Kroger Company and Albertsons (KCAL)
Several challenges have impacted the food supply chains in the United States over the past year.
Supermarkets such as Kroger Company (KC) and Albertsons (AL) are managing food supply chains, labor shortages, and inflation challenges. In addition, KC has made an offer to acquire AL. Details of the merger of KC and AL (KCAL) can be found at the following link:
https://ir.kroger.com/CorporateProfile/press-releases/press-release/2022/Kroger-and-Albertsons-Companies-Announce-Definitive-Merger-Agreement/default.asp.
For this assignment, please focus on the potential merger of KC and AL.
Discuss how KC could use the Supply Chain Umbrella to complete a successful merger with AL (Chapter 1).
Discuss how new purchasing policies could be implemented to improve supplier performance if the KCAL merger is approved (Chapter 3).
Describe how KC could improve the effectiveness of the sourcing team if the merger with AL is approved (Chapter 2).
Discuss how KCAL could use supply chain integration to gain a competitive advantage in 2024 (Chapter 4).
Article 1: “Kroger Bets $25 Billion on Bulking Up to Be More Like Walmart,” Link:
https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/35890-kr…
Article 2: “Kroger Says Food Inflation Beginning to Ease,” Link:
https://www.wsi.com/articles/kroger-kr-q3-earnings…
Article 3: “Surging Food Prices Turn More Shoppers Into Bargain Hunters,” Link:
https://www.wsi.com/articles/surging-food-prices-turn-more-shoppers-into-bargain-hunters-
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Article 4: “How Kroger Beat the Supply Chain Crisis,” Link:
https://progressivegrocer.com/how-kroger-beat-supp…
Article 5: Kroger News, “Kroger Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s
2022 Corporate Equality Index for the Fourth Year in a Row,” Link:
https://ir. kroger.com/CorporateProfile/press-releases/press-release/2022/Kroger-Earns-Top-
Score-in-Human-Rights-Campaign-Foundations-2022-Corporate-Equality-Index-for-Fourth-Year-in-a-Row/default.aspx
Overview of Kroger: https://www.thekrogerco.com/
Overview of Albertsons: https://www.albertsons.com/
instruction There are two components of the assignment that will need to be posted to Canvas:
1. PowerPoint slides – Microsoft PowerPoint file
2. Recorded presentation – MP4 file
1. PowerPoint Slides: —
Each student will develop a presentation that summarizes the results of your project.
Presentations should include 10-25 PowerPoint slides. Please upload your PowerPoint slides to the appropriate “Assignment” tab in Canvas.
Citation of references in Power Point: For PowerPoint presentations, please include links to citations of sources at the bottom of the page.
A complete reference list at the end of the document is not necessary.
The textbook and the articles included with this assignment should be used as references, which count toward the minimum requirement.
Outline of the report:
I.
Title page that includes your name
11. Introduction
III.
KCAL and the Supply Chain Umbrella
IV.
Purchasing policies for KCAL
V.
Improving the effectiveness of the purchasing team
VI.
Creating a competitive advantage with supply chain integration
VII.
Conclusions