- Select grocery store stocks trade higher with The Fresh Market (TFM +4.2%), Roundy's (RNDY +3.5%), and Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM +3.7%) leading the charge.
- The Commerce Department's release on retail sales today indicated grocery store sales were up 0.7% M/M and 3.0% Y/Y. The pace was higher than some analysts forecast.
- Previously: August Retail Sales +0.2% to miss consensus (Sept. 15)