Originally Posted by donnyj08
The Kroger Company is actually based in Cincinnati, OH. I believe they are the largest Grocer in the U.S. Kroger owns 2800 Grocery and "super-grocers" In 35 states. The largest brands are Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, King Soopers, City Market, Fry's, QFC, Fred Meyer, and Harris Teeter.
We have "Fred Meyer" Jewlers inside super Kroger stores here so the name was familiar to me.
Kroger Employees are Union and their wages are pretty high for a Grocery/Supercenter chain. Their typical bag boy or cashier is paid quite a bit more than their Walmart counterparts. Kroger stock reflects the high labor costs.
Kroger is very well ran. Most thought Walmart would kill Kroger 20 years ago, but they innovated and built supercenters, focused on customers satisfaction and produce quality, added fuel centers and have thrived dispite higher prices providing the experience you described above.
Many worried when Amazon bought Whole Foods, but Kroger was already winning that war. If they can beat Walmart at the Grocery Game, Whole Foods has their work cut out to steal markets share.
Kroger is one of the companies Jim Collins talks about in the book "Good to Great".
Yeah there's 2 Freddy's and s QFC in my zip and they seem to always have a busy prkg lot. The one with the fuel ctr is always busy. Like Safeway/Albertsons you can use your points off gas. Who supplies Kroger/Freddy's with gas, do you know?? I haven't checked to see if they're Top Tier but the one Freddy's is consistently one of the lowest priced around. (next to Costco and ARCO)
