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  "id": 19178496,
  "title": "Kroger accelerates direct sourcing efforts for better cost control, visibility",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/kroger-accelerates-direct-sourcing-efforts-for-better-cost-control",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-09T16:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Grocery Dive",
    "slug": "grocery-dive",
    "url": "https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kroger-accelerates-direct-sourcing-efforts/873636/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The grocery chain seeks to boost first-party procurement volumes to more than 10% while working toward a fully owned import and distribution model.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}