Kroger

The Kroger Company
Company typePublic
ISINUS5010441013
IndustryRetail
Founded1883 (1883), in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
FounderBernard Kroger
Headquarters
Cincinnati, Ohio
,
U.S.
Number of locations
2,719 supermarkets (Q1 2023)[1]
Area served
United States
Key people
Rodney McMullen (CEO & chairman)[2]
ProductsSupercenter/superstore,
Other specialty, supermarket
Revenue Increase US$150 billion (2023)[3]
Increase US$3.477 billion (2022)[3]
Increase US$1.655 billion (2022)[3]
Total assetsIncrease US$49.086 billion (2022)[3]
Total equityIncrease US$9.452 billion (2022)[3]
Number of employees
465,000 (2022)[4]
DivisionsInter-American Products
various chains
Websitewww.thekrogerco.com
www.kroger.com

The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries[5]) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.[1][6]

Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger operates 2,719 grocery retail stores under its various banners and divisions in 35 states and the District of Columbia.[6] Its store formats include 134 multi-department stores, 2,273 combo stores, 191 marketplace stores, and 121 price-impact warehouse stores.[1][6] 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).[1][6] Kroger's headquarters are located in downtown Cincinnati.[7]

The Kroger Company is the largest supermarket operator in the U.S. by revenue[8] and the country's fifth-largest general retailer.[9] The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States.[10][11][12] Additionally, Kroger is ranked #17 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest U.S. corporations by total revenue.[13]

About two-thirds of Kroger's employees are represented by collective bargaining agreements,[14] with most being represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).[15]

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  2. ^ "Management & Directors". The Kroger Co. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "2022 Kroger Financial Statements". The Kroger Co. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Number of employees of Kroger 2020". Statista.
  5. ^ Securities and Exchange Commission (2022). "The Kroger Co. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended January 29, 2022. (Part IV, Item 15, Exhibit 21.1)". www.sec.gov. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "The Kroger Co. – Operations". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "Form 10-K: The Kroger Co". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 2, 2013. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  8. ^ "Top 25 supermarket operators by sales". Supermarket News. Informa USA. July 7, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Kantar's 2019 Top 50 US Retailers" (PDF). Kantar Retail IQ.
  10. ^ "Global Powers of Retailing 2013" (PDF). Deloitte. February 2013. p. G11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
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  13. ^ "Search Fortune 500". Fortune. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  14. ^ "Kroger Union". The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  15. ^ "Kroger Union Workers Vote to Reject Contract, Authorize Strike". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.

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