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The Kroger Company is an American retail company founded in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the largest supermarket by revenue in the US at $121.16 billion for fiscal year 2019. Kroger operates 2,757 supermarkets and multi-department stores across 35 states and Washington D.C. under various banners. It is the fifth largest retailer in the world and fourth largest private employer in the US, employing over 453,000 people.

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The Kroger Company is an American retail company founded in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the largest supermarket by revenue in the US at $121.16 billion for fiscal year 2019. Kroger operates 2,757 supermarkets and multi-department stores across 35 states and Washington D.C. under various banners. It is the fifth largest retailer in the world and fourth largest private employer in the US, employing over 453,000 people.

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Kroger

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The Kroger Company

Kroger headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio

Type Public

Traded as NYSE: KR
S&P 500 component

ISIN US5010441013

Industry Retail

Founded 1883; 137 years ago


Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

Founder Bernard Kroger

Headquarters Cincinnati, Ohio


, 
U.S.

Number of 2,999, including 2,757 supermarkets and 242


locations jewelers (FY 2019)[1]
Area served United States

Key people Rodney McMullen


(CEO & Chairman)
Yael Cosset (CIO)
Michael Donnelly (COO)
Gary Millerchip (CFO)

Products Supercenter/superstore,
Other specialty, supermarket

Revenue  US$121.16 billion (2019)[2]

Operating income  US$2.67 billion (2019)[2]

Net income  US$3.11 billion (2019)[2]

Total assets  US$38.11 billion (2019)[2]

Total equity  US$7.88 billion (2019)[2]

Number of 453,000 (2019)[3]


employees

Divisions Inter-American Products


various chains

Website www.thekrogerco.com
www.kroger.com

The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company founded


by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the United States'
largest supermarket by revenue ($121.16 billion for fiscal year 2019), [4] the second-
largest general retailer (behind Walmart).[4] Kroger is also the fifth-largest retailer in the
world and the fourth largest American-owned private employer in the United States.
[5]
 Kroger is ranked #20 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States
corporations by total revenue.[6]

As of 2 February 2020, Kroger operates, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,757


supermarkets and multi-department stores.[1][7] Kroger's headquarters are in downtown
Cincinnati.[8] It maintains markets in 35 states and the District of Columbia,[7] with store
formats that include hypermarkets, supermarkets, superstores, department stores, and
242 jewelry stores (782 convenience stores were sold to EG Group in 2018).[1][7] Kroger-
branded grocery stores are located in the Midwestern and Southern United States.
Kroger operates 35 food processing or manufacturing facilities, 1,567 supermarket fuel
centers, 2,270 pharmacies and 221 The Little Clinic in-store medical clinics. [1][7]

Kroger's employees are mostly unionized collective bargaining agreements and many


are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).[9]

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