Seasonal demand trends in Kroger personal finance projections indicate potential sales lift during summer promotions, with analysts factoring in a 2–3% revenue bump for Q2 based on historical data. Bill Barker: Not under the current administration. Well, it fell apart. The FTC lodged a complaint, and the judge sought the FTC's way. That is, in part, something that one might have expected given how poorly the divestiture of, I think Albertson's acquisition of Safeway was and the divestiture there. The number of units that were spun off, it was handled very badly. A lot of them did end up closing because they spun off the poor performing ones to somebody that wasn't really good enough operator to keep them going. It did result in less competition. That was something to keep an eye on this time around. I think there is a case that Kroger did not do everything it could to make sure that this ended up going through by divesting a higher number of units. I think there's not that much surprise that it didn't go through. I think there's at least a case that Kroger has some of the blame for that. Sargent has been on Kroger's board since 2006 and has served as the lead director of the company since 2017. He's worked in several roles at the grocery chain across stores, sales, marketing, manufacturing and strategy. Sargent is also the former Chairman and CEO of Staples. Analysts tracking Kroger personal finance trends note steady margin improvement, with EPS forecasts for FY2024 at $4.50–$4.