Kroger Co., Albertsons Inc., and Safeway Inc. are the three largest grocery chains in the United States.

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Kroger Co., Albertson’s Inc., and Safeway Inc. are the three largest grocery chains in the United States. Inventory management is an important aspect of the grocery retail business. Recent balance sheets for these three companies indicated the following merchandise inventory information:


Kroger Co., Albertson’s Inc., and Safeway Inc. are the three


The cost of goods sold for each company were:
Cost of Goods Sold
(in millions)
Albertson’s ..............$25,242
Kroger ................ 37,810
Safeway ................ 22,303
a. Determine the number of days’ sales in inventory and inventory turnover for the three companies. Round to the nearest day and one decimal place.
b. Interpret your results in (a).
c. If Albertson’s had Kroger’s number of days’ sales in inventory, how much additional cash flow would have been generated from the hypothetically smaller inventory relative to its actual ending inventoryposition?

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
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Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324188004

21st Edition

Authors: Carl s. warren, James m. reeve, Philip e. fess

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