Supermarket giant Kroger's downbeat profit view reflects factors ‘outside our control'

Kroger Co. is the latest big store chain to issue a conservative outlook in the face of current economic uncertainties around tariffs and trade wars, as the supermarket giant said it’s facing factors “outside our control.”“Kroger is unable to provide a full reconciliation” of its earnings projections “without unreasonable effort because it is not possible to predict certain of our adjustment items with a reasonable degree of certainty,” the company said Thursday. ...