Published Jun 25, 2023 09:26AM ET Updated Jun 25, 2023 10:10PM ET© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: View of an aisle at Walmart's newly remodeled Supercenter, in Teterboro, New Jersey, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Siddharth Cavale/File PhotoAMZN -0.63% Add to/Remove from Watchlist KR +0.15% Add to/Remove from Watchlist WMT -0.19% Add to/Remove from Watchlist(Reuters) - Law-enforcement officials and retailers are investigating a recent wave of bomb threats across the United States, targeting grocery operators and other stores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Retail companies including Kroger (NYSE: ), Walmart (NYSE: ) and Amazon (NASDAQ: )'s Whole Foods Market, among others, have received bomb threats at their stores in recent months, the report said, adding some callers demanded gift cards, bitcoin or money and threatened to detonate bombs if payments were not made. According to the report it is unclear to authorities whether the threats are part of an organized effort.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 25, 2023 14:10 UTC