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The Kroger Co.
Type Public (NYSE: KR)
Founded 1883
Headquarters 1014 Vine Street Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Industry Retail
Products Bakery, banking, beer, dairy, deli, frozen foods, gasoline (select locations), general merchandise, liquor (select locations), meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, wine. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need
Revenue ▲ $70. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 23 billion USD
Employees 310,000
Website www.thekrogerco.com
Kroger headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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A typical Kroger storefront, Bowling Green, Kentucky].
A typical Kroger storefront, Bowling Green, Kentucky]. Bowling Green is the fourth-most populous City in the US state of Kentucky after Louisville, Lexington and Owensboro The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America.
Kroger in the Gulfton area of Houston, Texas.
Kroger in the Gulfton area of Houston, Texas. Gulfton is a group of apartment complexes with a mostly Hispanic and immigrant population in western Houston, Texas, United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) is an American retail supermarket chain and parent company, founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good A parent company is a Company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its Board of directors Bernard Henry Kroger (January 1860 - July 1938 better known as Barney Kroger, was an American Businessman, best known for creating the Kroger Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads It reported over US$66 billion in sales during fiscal year 2007 and is currently the second-largest grocery retailer in the country by volume [1] and third-place general retailer in the country, with Wal-Mart and The Home Depot[2] filling slots one and two, respectively. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores The Home Depot ( is an American Retailer of Home improvement and construction products and services As of January 28, 2006, Kroger operated, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,507 supermarkets, 579 of which had fuel centers. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Kroger's Headquarters are centralized in Cincinnati, OH, but it spans many states with store formats that include supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, convenience stores and mall jewelry stores. In Commerce, a hypermarket is a superstore which combines a Supermarket and a Department store. A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. A convenience store is a small store or shop. They are often located alongside busy roads or at gas/petrol stations. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors Jewellery (also spelled jewelry, see spelling differences) is a personal Ornament, such as a necklace ring or bracelet made from Gemstones Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia are among those with Kroger stores carrying the Kroger name.

Kroger is currently celebrating its 125th anniversary.

Contents

History

Kroger was founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kroger pioneered the first supermarket surrounded on all four sides by parking lots in the 1930s.

Chains

Kroger Marketplace

Kroger Marketplace is a relatively new style of store for Kroger. Fred Meyer Inc is an American company founded in 1922 in Portland Oregon by Fred G Fred Meyer Jewelers is a national chain of jewelers It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred Meyer Inc. Fry's Food & Drug Stores Inc is a chain of Supermarkets that has a major presence in the state of Arizona. Hilander Foods is a grocery store chain in the metro area of Rockford Illinois. JayC Food Stores is a Supermarket chain with locations in southern Indiana King Soopers and City Market are two Supermarket brands of Kroger in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Loaf 'N Jug is a chain of convenience stores owned by Kroger, and headquartered in Pueblo Colorado. Loaf 'N Jug is a chain of convenience stores owned by Kroger, and headquartered in Pueblo Colorado. Owen's Market is a chain of Grocery stores located in northern Indiana, owned by the Kroger corporation Loaf 'N Jug is a chain of convenience stores owned by Kroger, and headquartered in Pueblo Colorado. Pay Less Food Markets is a chain of Grocery stores located in the central Indiana towns of Anderson and Lafayette. Quality Food Centers (QFC is a Supermarket chain based in Bellevue Washington, with over 75 stores in the Puget Sound region of Washington Ralphs Grocery Company is a major Supermarket chain in the Southern California area Smith's Food and Drug, commonly known as Smith's is a leading chain of Supermarkets in the Intermountain and Southwest regions of the United Turkey Hill Minit Markets is a chain of Pennsylvania Convenience store / Gas stations A sister company Turkey Hill Dairy is a dairy Scott's Food & Pharmacy is a grocery store chain with eighteen stores in the Fort Wayne Indiana market The brand started in 2004 in the Columbus, Ohio, area, which lost the Big Bear and Big Bear Plus chains in Penn Traffic's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. Big Bear Stores was a regional Supermarket chain operating in Ohio and West Virginia. Big Bear Stores was a regional Supermarket chain operating in Ohio and West Virginia. The Penn Traffic Company ( Pink Sheets: PTFC is the Parent company for 103 Retail Grocery Supermarkets in the Northeastern United Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the Bankruptcy laws of the United States The Kroger Marketplace format is based on the Fry's Marketplace stores that the Arizona division of Kroger is currently operating. Fry's Food & Drug Stores Inc is a chain of Supermarkets that has a major presence in the state of Arizona.

Similar to rival chains Meijer and Super Kmart, and modeled after Kroger-owned Fred Meyer, these stores contain multiple departments. Meijer ( Dutch, ˈmaɪər is a regional American Hypermarket chain based in Walker Michigan. Kmart (sometimes spelled as " K-Mart " is a chain of department stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U In addition to the grocery department, they contain a Fred Meyer Jewelers, Donato's Pizza, and an in-store bank, as well as sections for toys, appliances, and home furnishings, something that Big Bear once had in their stores in the Columbus area. Fred Meyer Jewelers is a national chain of jewelers It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred Meyer Inc. Donatos Pizza is a " fast casual " restaurant chain founded in 1963 by college sophomore Jim Grote

In 2005, the company began renovating many Kroger Food & Drug stores in Ohio to give out an expanded and remodeled look, converting them into the Kroger Marketplace format. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In February 2006, Kroger announced plans for two new Kroger Marketplace stores to open by the end of the summer in Cincinnati suburbs Lebanon and Liberty Township. [3] The store in Liberty Township opened in July 2006. [4] On October 5, 2006, a new Kroger Marketplace opened in Gahanna. With the Gahanna opening, the number of Kroger Marketplace stores is six, four in the Columbus area and two in the Cincinnati area. Two more stores are planned in 2007, one in Middletown and one in Englewood. [5] Another renovated store has recently opened in Blue Ash, and two more are being opened in the Lexington, KY area.

Manufacturing

As well as stocking a variety of national brand products, The Kroger Co. also employs one of the largest networks of private label manufacturing in the country. Forty-two plants (either wholly owned or used with operating agreements) in seventeen states create about half of Kroger’s nearly eight thousand private label products. A three-tiered marketing strategy divides the brand names for shoppers’ simplicity and understanding.

Manufacturing Plants

Kroger operates 42 manufacturing plants, and packages and sells items for other retailers under the Inter-American Products Company name. [6][7]

Dairies

Kroger operates 15 dairies and 3 ice cream plants

Bakeries/Delis

Meat Plants

Grocery Items

Private Brands

Kroger Value

Early in 2007, Kroger introduced its Kroger Value line. The Kroger Value line is the successor to the FMV or For Maximum Value brand previously offered at Kroger stores. The brand change departed from the typical orange-fade-to-yellow labels and is now simply white with blue and red.

For Maximum Value (Kroger Value)

For Maximum Value (FMV), originally named Fred Meyer Value, offered staple products such as sugar, flour, bread, and canned goods at the lowest price for that particular product in the store. Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. Flour is a powder made of Cereal grains It is the key ingredient of Bread, which is a staple food in many countries and therefore the availability Bread is a Staple food prepared by Baking a Dough of Flour and Water. Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food is processed and sealed in an airtight container Though some FMV products (such as their cheese made with water & partially hydrogenated soybean oil) use a lower-quality manufacturing process, other products appear to be indistinguishable from their banner brand equivalent (FMV sugar and Kroger sugar, for example) other than the price (these are more than likely examples of loss leaders). A loss leader or leader (also called a key value item in the United Kingdom is a product sold at a low price (at cost or below cost to stimulate other profitable

In 2007 Kroger replaced FMV with the new Kroger Value brand. This has led to a situation where Kroger brand and Kroger Value brand products are sold side-by-side with little to distinguish them except for packaging and price. FMV itself was the successor to Kroger's former Cost Cutter brand, which had been introduced in 1981 and was known for its near-generic product labeling. Most Kroger Value brand items are labeled bilingually (English and Spanish).

Banner Brands

Banner Brands, goods that bear the name of Kroger or its subsidiaries (i. e. , Ralphs, King Soopers, etc. ) or make reference to them (i. e. , Big K) are offered with a “Try it, Like it, or Get the National Brand Free” guarantee, where if the customer does not believe the Kroger brand product is as good as the national brand, they can exchange the unused portion of the product with their receipt for the equivalent national brand for free. Many of Kroger’s health and beauty goods, one of the company's fastest-growing private label categories, are manufactured by third-party providers; these products include goods like ibuprofen and contact lens solution. Ibuprofen ( INN) (ˌaɪbjuːˈpɹəʊfɛn (from the now outdated nomenclature i so- bu tyl- pro panoic- phen olic acid is a Non-steroidal

Private Selection

Products marked Private Selection are offered to compare with gourmet brands or regional brands that may be considered more upscale than the standard Kroger brand products.

Other private label brands

As well as the major grocery brands, Kroger’s manufacturing creates a variety of general merchandise brands. These are featured especially in Fred Meyer stores, where more than half the goods sold are non-food, or in the smaller Fred Meyer-based Marketplace stores. The following brands might be found in various Kroger-owned stores:

Bread

Dairy

Deli

Drug & General Merchandise

Frozen Food

Grocery and General Merchandise

Whole Health (Nutrition)

In 2006, Kroger partnered with the consumer products division of The Walt Disney Company to add the Disney Magic Selections line to its private label offerings. Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional Pesticides artificial Fertilizers [8] In reality, many of these products have been substituted in place of Kroger's Signature brand equivalents on the shelf. With packaging featuring animated Disney and Pixar characters, such as Mickey Mouse as Chef Mickey, these products are marketed to help promote healthy eating among children. Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville California. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Most of the approximately one hundred initial products contain zero grams of trans fat and include food offerings such as yogurt, breakfast foods, and small fresh fruit cups.

Pharmacy Group

Kroger previously owned and operated the SupeRx Drug Store chain. In 1985, Kroger outbid Rite Aid for the Hook's Drug Stores chain, based in Indianapolis, IN, and combined it with SupeRx to become Hook's-SupeRx. Rite Aid ( is an American Retailer and Pharmacy chain, operating over 5000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Hook's Drug Stores was an Indianapolis Indiana -based drug store chain which was founded in 1900 by John A In 1994, Kroger decided to get out of the standalone drug-store business, and sold its pharmacies to Revco, which later was sold to CVS. Revco Discount Drug Stores (known simply as Revco or Revco DS CVS Caremark Corporation ( is an integrated pharmacy services provider combining a United States pharmaceutical services company with a U [9]

The Kroger Pharmacies continue as a profitable portion of the business, and have been expanding to now include pharmacies in City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs, Smith’s Food and Drug, and Kroger Supermarkets. [10]

Supermarket Petroleum Group

Since 1998, Kroger has added fuel centers in the parking lots of its supermarkets, and as of 2007, operated 696 of them. [11] In the case of the Fort Wayne, Indiana market, Kroger continues to operate one of its fuel centers even as its respective supermarket has closed. Fort Wayne is a City in northeastern Indiana, United States and the County seat of Allen

Distribution/Logistics

Kroger has reduced its distribution centers from 44 to 20 since 1995, and has driven down costs and increased efficiency with a 3-tiered distribution system. The 2nd and 3rd tiers, internally known as "Peyton's", service retail stores and provide promotional and seasonal products. Kroger operates five "Peyton's:[12]

Kroger operates its own fleet of trucks and trailers to distribute products to its various stores.

Food distribution and buying takes place under various subsidiaries and divisions. These include:

Financial Services

Kroger Personal Finance was introduced in 2007 to offer various stores branded MasterCards, Mortgages, Home Equity Loans, Pet Insurance and Identity Theft Protection. [14]

Market entries and withdrawals

Kroger had a number of outlets in the Western Pennsylvania region, encompassing Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. After a protracted labor strike in 1983 and 1984, Kroger withdrew all of its stores from the Western Pennsylvania market, ceding the market to locally owned rivals, most notably Giant Eagle and the Supervalu-supplied Shop 'n Save & FoodLand chains. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Giant Eagle Inc, is an American Supermarket chain with stores located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland SuperValu Inc ( is a United States Grocery Retailer and distributor Shop 'n Save is a grocery store chain with 54 stores in Pittsburgh and 16 stores in Northern West Virginia. "FoodLand" is the name of a regional American Supermarket chain based in New Stanton Pennsylvania. (Ironically, Kroger bought Eagle Grocery company, whose founders went on to create Giant Eagle. ) There has been recent speculation that Kroger may be re-entering the market since Giant Eagle and Wal-Mart (through the numerous supercenters Wal-Mart has opened in the Pittsburgh area in recent years) have since formed a de-facto monopoly in the market as a result of Supervalu's inability to compete, as well as the launch of Kroger's Turkey Hill dairy brand in the area. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores In Commerce, a hypermarket is a superstore which combines a Supermarket and a Department store. In Economics, a monopoly (from Greek monos, alone or single + polein, to sell exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient Turkey Hill Minit Markets is a chain of Pennsylvania Convenience store / Gas stations A sister company Turkey Hill Dairy is a dairy Kroger still maintains a presence in the nearby Morgantown, West Virginia, Wheeling, West Virginia & Weirton, West Virginia/Steubenville, Ohio areas where Giant Eagle has a much smaller presence and the Supervalu-supplied stores are virtually nonexistent, though in all of these cases Wal-Mart remains a major competitor and Aldi is the only other supermarket with any market overlap. Morgantown is a city in and the County seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, on the banks of the Monongahela River Wheeling is a city in West Virginia, in the United States. Most of the city is in Ohio County, with a small Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio, in the United States. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores For similarly named settlements see Aldie, short for " AL brecht DI scount" is a Discount Supermarket

Kroger also experienced a similar withdrawal from Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1989. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Many of these stores were sold to the local grocery chain Red Food, which was in turn bought by BI-LO in 1994. Red Food Stores Inc (or simply Red Food) was a supermarket chain company headquartered in Chattanooga Tennessee. BI-LO is a supermarket chain headquartered in Mauldin South Carolina. Today, Chattanooga is the only metropolitan market in Tennessee that Kroger does not operate in. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.

Kroger stores existed in various Florida markets from the 1960s until 1986, when the chain decided to exit the state and sold most of its stores to Albertsons and Kash n' Karry. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Albertsons LLC is a North American grocery company based in Boise Idaho with about 325 Supermarkets located in Arizona California New Mexico Colorado Texas Sweetbay Supermarket is a chain of American Supermarkets located entirely in Florida. Kroger operated in Florida under the "SupeRx" and "Florida Choice" banners. Recently, retail analysts have begun to speculate about whether Kroger may capitalize on the misfortunes of Albertsons and re-enter Florida again, but the dominance of native Publix, Winn-Dixie and the growing force of Wal-Mart in Florida would be a tough sell for Kroger. Publix Super Markets Inc (commonly known as Publix) is an American Supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc ( is an American Supermarket chain based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Kroger had about 50 stores in St. Louis until it left the market in 1986, saying that its stores were unprofitable. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Most of their stores were bought by National, Schnucks, and Shop 'n Save. National Supermarkets was the second largest Grocery chain in both the St Schnucks (originally "Schnuck's" is the 18th-largest privately held Grocery store chain in the United States Shop 'n Save is a grocery store chain with forty stores in the St

Kroger entered the Charlotte market in 1977 and expanded rapidly throughout the 1980s when it bought some stores from BI-LO. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays BI-LO is a supermarket chain headquartered in Mauldin South Carolina. However, most stores were in less desirable neighborhoods and did not fit in with Kroger's upscale image. Less than three months after BI-LO pulled out, they decided to re-enter the Charlotte market, and in 1988 Kroger announced they would leave the Charlotte market and put their stores up for sale. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) In an ironic twist BI-LO bought Kroger's remaining stores in the Charlotte area. BI-LO is a supermarket chain headquartered in Mauldin South Carolina. Kroger also swapped all ten of its Greensboro-area stores in 1999 to Matthews-based Harris Teeter for 11 of their stores in central and western Virginia. Geography Matthews is located at (35116851 -80716409 According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14 Harris Teeter is a chain of Supermarkets based in Matthews North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. Kroger still maintains a North Carolina presence in the Raleigh-Durham and Greenville areas, including a store in Wilson that opened in 2002 but closed two years later. Greenville is the county seat of Pitt County and principal city of the Greenville North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wilson is a city and the County seat of Wilson County in the Coastal Plain region of the U

Kroger closed almost all of its northern Michigan stores in the 1980s and 1990s. The locations in Flint and the Tri-Cities were converted to Kessel Food Market. Flint is a city in the US state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km northwest of Detroit. The name Tri-Cities refers to two regions in the US state of Michigan. These Kessel locations were later bought back by Kroger; conversion was completed in 2006. The Kroger stores in Grand Rapids and most of northern Michigan were sold to Hamady, a chain based in Flint, Michigan. Flint is a city in the US state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km northwest of Detroit. [15]

Kroger exited the competitive San Antonio, Texas, market in mid-1993. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) On June 15, 1993, the company announced it would close its 15 area stores 60 days later. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) San Antonio-based H-E-B was the market leader at the time; its 37 area stores held a 43. HEButt Grocery Company (abbreviated H-E-B) is a privately held San Antonio Texas -based Supermarket chain with 310 stores throughout 2 market share. Kroger and Albertsons (10 stores) were the area's other two top grocers, Kroger holding a 13. 7 share and Albertsons a 13. 1 share. Albertsons would eventually also succumb to H-E-B and exit the market by closing its 20 remaining area stores in April 2002 after previously shuttering three other stores in December 2001. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. December 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - By the time Albertsons exited San Antonio, the 44-store H-E-B chain had reached a 61 market share, while second-place Albertsons held a 15 market share.

Long the dominant grocer in western Virginia, Kroger entered the Richmond, Virginia market in the 1990s but has not threatened the leader Ukrop's. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ukrop's is a family-owned and operated Grocery store chain located in central Virginia. Meanwhile, in 2000, Kroger purchased 20 Hannaford stores that either already existed or were being built. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. [16] This allowed Kroger to quickly establish a presence in a competitive Hampton Roads market. Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. It currently competes in this market with Farm Fresh, Harris Teeter, and Food Lion. FF Acquisitions LLC, trading as Farm Fresh Food and Pharmacy, is a grocery store chain with forty plus stores primarily in Virginia. Harris Teeter is a chain of Supermarkets based in Matthews North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. Food Lion LLC is an American Grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury North Carolina that operates approximately 1300 supermarkets in 11

Advertisements

"Right Store, Right Price" is the current advertising slogan for Kroger and most other chains owned by the Kroger company. Probably the best known advertising slogan in the company's history was "Let's Go Krogering", which was accompanied by a jingle of the same name. A jingle is a memorable Slogan, set to an engaging Melody, mainly broadcast on Radio and sometimes on Television commercials. It still appears on the bottom of some stickers which are placed on large items, handed out to children in stores (just like banks give lollipops to children). A lollipop, pop, lolly, sucker, or sticky-pop is a type of Confectionery consisting mainly of hardened flavored Sucrose Other previously used slogans included "Your Total Value Leader", "Kroger, The Store Where It Costs Less to Get More" and "Kroger, Count on Us".

Criticisms

Food Contaminations

On October 11, 2007, food manufacturer ConAgra asked stores to pull its Banquet and generic brand chicken and turkey pot pies due to 174 cases of salmonella poisoning in 32 states being linked to the consumption of ConAgra pot pies, with 33 people hospitalized. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ConAgra Foods Inc ( is one of North America 's largest packaged foods companies Banquet Foods is a company that sells food products - primarily frozen Chicken - and still exists as the brand name on many prepared Salmonella is a Genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever [17] By October 12, a full recall was announced, affecting all varieties of frozen pot pies sold under the Kroger brand name, as well as Banquet, Albertson’s, Food Lion, Great Value (sold by Wal-Mart), Hill Country Fare, Kirkwood, Meijer, and Western Family. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Banquet Foods is a company that sells food products - primarily frozen Chicken - and still exists as the brand name on many prepared Food Lion LLC is an American Grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury North Carolina that operates approximately 1300 supermarkets in 11 Wal-Mart Stores Inc, like most large Retail and Grocery chains offers Store brands, commonly referred to as house brands or generic Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Meijer ( Dutch, ˈmaɪər is a regional American Hypermarket chain based in Walker Michigan. Western Family Foods was founded as the Pacific Mercantile Cooperative on March 3, 1934 by a group of retailer-owned grocery wholesalers The recalled pot pies included all varieties in 7-oz. single-serving packages bearing the number P-9 or “Est. 1059” printed on the side of the package. [18]

Near Fatal Incidents

On January 16, 2008, it was announced that Wayne Watson, a Denver consumer who developed bronchiolitis obliterans or "popcorn lung" after allegedly inhaling diacetyl fumes from microwaved popcorn, was suing the Kroger grocery store chain and its affiliates. Bronchiolitis obliterans, or Constrictive bronchiolitis, one form of which is called Popcorn Workers' Lung or popcorn lung, is a rare and life-threatening Diacetyl ( IUPAC Systematic name: butanedione or 23-butanedione) is a natural byproduct of fermentation. In the lawsuit, filed in U. S. District Court, Watson's attorney claimed that the companies "failed to warn that preparing microwave popcorn in a microwave oven as intended and smelling the buttery aroma could expose the consumer to an inhalation hazard and a risk of lung injury. "[19]

Kroger's Environmentally Friendly Acts

Kroger has been environmentally consciences since the early part of the twenty first century. Kroger recently opened its first energy-efficient store in Ohio. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads They have lowered their energy consumption by one billion watts. Publicists say that they are saving up to $125 million [2]. Kroger did this by adding additional lighting via sky lights. Open windows in the sun roof became tools of light lowering costs [3]. Kroger joined with GM for this event and with the support of Ohio’s governor Bob Taft, the event became a successful promotion for both corporations [4]. This article is about the man who was governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007 Unfortunately this act of environmental friendliness has hindered a long relationship with a West Virginia coal mining company. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Buyers who bought gift cards from Kroger were donating five percent of each purchase to this coal mining company [5].

References

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  2. ^ Top 100 Retailers: The Nation's Retail Power Players (PDF), Stores, July 2006.
  3. ^ Kroger Marketplaces coming. The Cincinnati Enquirer (February 27, 2006). Retrieved on 1 October 2006.
  4. ^ Kroger casts net more broadly. The Cincinnati Enquirer (July 19, 2006). Retrieved on 8 October 2006.
  5. ^ Colossal Kroger set to open soon. The Western Star (July 13, 2006). Retrieved on 8 October 2006.
  6. ^ Inter-American Products: Home
  7. ^ The Kroger Co. - Operations: Manufacturing List
  8. ^ Kroger introduces Disney Magic Selections in stores nationwide. The Kroger Co. Retrieved on 8 October 2006.
  9. ^ Hooks Drug Store Museum and Soda Fountain, Indianapolis, Indiana
  10. ^ Kroger Pharmacy Careers
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  12. ^ http://www.kroger.com/globalincludes/corporate_pdfs/SectionIV-4.pdf
  13. ^ The Kroger Co. - Corporate News & Info: Historic Timeline
  14. ^ KPF: Great Idea Home
  15. ^ Hamady Sacks and Yankee Hats, Water Winter Wonderland, Posted February 20, 2004.
  16. ^ Kroger Press Release, May 31, 2000
  17. ^ Associated Press [1] "Critics: ConAgra Mishandled Recal"
  18. ^ St. Cloud Times [http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071013/NEWS01/110120058/1009 "ConAgra Foods recalls all pot pies". Retrieved 10-13-2007
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