There’s a Giraffe in Aisle 8: Toys Come to Supermarkets
Business Wars Daily
Wondery
4.6 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today is Friday, November 23, and we’re looking at Kroger vs. Walmart and Amazon.
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| 1:12.5 | Kicking off your holiday shopping today and wondering where to buy the kids' toys now that Toys R Us is no more. |
| 1:19.6 | No fear, there are still hundreds of places to find Legos, Barbies, and action figures. |
| 1:24.6 | Independent toy stores are expecting their best year in, well, years. |
| 1:29.5 | And Amazon Target and Walmart are growing their toy sections, swooping in for a piece of the |
| 1:34.6 | billion dollar gap left behind by the Toys arrest bankruptcy. But so is one other company you might |
| 1:40.8 | not expect. Kroger, the nation's largest owner of traditional supermarkets. |
| 1:47.1 | 600 Kroger operated stores like Fred Meyer and King's Supers are now home to pop-up stores |
| 1:53.2 | featuring Toys R Us' long-time mascot, Jeffrey the Giraff, remember him? |
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