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Kroger
The Kroger Co., or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company operates 2,719 grocery stores in 35 states (mostly in the South, Midwest and West) and the District of Columbia. Its store formats include 134 multi-department stores, 2,273 combo stores, 191 marketplace stores, and 121 price-impact warehouse stores. Kroger operates 33 manufacturing plants, 1,642 supermarket fuel centers, 2,254 pharmacies, 225 The Little Clinic in-store medical clinics, and 127 jewelry stores (782 convenience stores were sold to EG Group in 2018). Kroger's headquarters are located in downtown Cincinnati.
The Kroger Company is the largest supermarket operator in the U.S. by revenue and the country's fifth-largest general retailer. The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States. Additionally, Kroger is ranked No. 25 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest U.S. corporations by total revenue. Some sources list the company as a dividend-paying stock.
About two-thirds of Kroger's employees are represented by collective bargaining agreements, with most being represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
In 1883, 23-year-old Bernard Kroger, the fifth of ten children of German immigrants, invested his life savings of $372 (equivalent to $12,554 in 2024) to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. He ran his business with a simple motto: "Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself." He experimented with marketing products his company had produced so that his customers would not need to patronize separate stores and farms.[citation needed]
In 1884, Kroger opened his second store. By 1902, Kroger Grocery and Baking Company had been incorporated. By this time, the company had grown to forty stores, with annual merchandise sales of $1.75 million. In addition, Kroger became the first grocery chain to have its own bakery.
In 1916, Kroger company began using self-service shopping. Before this, all articles were kept behind counters. Customers would ask for them, then clerks would deliver them to customers.
In 1929, it was rumored that Safeway would merge with Kroger. Kroger announced in 2022 that it would acquire Safeway's parent company, Albertsons, but in December 2024 the merger fell through when a federal judge blocked the merger and Albertsons backed out of the deal. By the end of the 1920s, Kroger, through its acquisition of smaller chains, controlled more than 5,500 stores, mainly in the Midwest and South.
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Kroger
The Kroger Co., or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company operates 2,719 grocery stores in 35 states (mostly in the South, Midwest and West) and the District of Columbia. Its store formats include 134 multi-department stores, 2,273 combo stores, 191 marketplace stores, and 121 price-impact warehouse stores. Kroger operates 33 manufacturing plants, 1,642 supermarket fuel centers, 2,254 pharmacies, 225 The Little Clinic in-store medical clinics, and 127 jewelry stores (782 convenience stores were sold to EG Group in 2018). Kroger's headquarters are located in downtown Cincinnati.
The Kroger Company is the largest supermarket operator in the U.S. by revenue and the country's fifth-largest general retailer. The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States. Additionally, Kroger is ranked No. 25 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest U.S. corporations by total revenue. Some sources list the company as a dividend-paying stock.
About two-thirds of Kroger's employees are represented by collective bargaining agreements, with most being represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
In 1883, 23-year-old Bernard Kroger, the fifth of ten children of German immigrants, invested his life savings of $372 (equivalent to $12,554 in 2024) to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. He ran his business with a simple motto: "Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself." He experimented with marketing products his company had produced so that his customers would not need to patronize separate stores and farms.[citation needed]
In 1884, Kroger opened his second store. By 1902, Kroger Grocery and Baking Company had been incorporated. By this time, the company had grown to forty stores, with annual merchandise sales of $1.75 million. In addition, Kroger became the first grocery chain to have its own bakery.
In 1916, Kroger company began using self-service shopping. Before this, all articles were kept behind counters. Customers would ask for them, then clerks would deliver them to customers.
In 1929, it was rumored that Safeway would merge with Kroger. Kroger announced in 2022 that it would acquire Safeway's parent company, Albertsons, but in December 2024 the merger fell through when a federal judge blocked the merger and Albertsons backed out of the deal. By the end of the 1920s, Kroger, through its acquisition of smaller chains, controlled more than 5,500 stores, mainly in the Midwest and South.