July 6, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt
Colleen Lindholz, community pharmacy, COVID-19, health and nutrition, Kroger Co., value-based care
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Colleen Lindholz, president of Kroger Co.’s health care business, talks about the company’s response to COVID-19, the evolution of community pharmacy, the link between health and nutrition, and the move toward value-based care.
May 21, 2020 by MMR
84.51°, Kroger Co., Kroger Health, registered dietitian, telenutrition
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CINCINNATI — Kroger Health has launched a free telenutrition service to help Americans shop for, prepare and enjoy healthy food during the COVID-19 crisis. The service is the latest offering from Kroger Health’s “food as medicine” platform. During the pandemic, customers’ shopping styles, cooking preferences and eating routines have shifted. According to a customer trends report
May 14, 2020 by MMR
associates, COVID-19, Kroger chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen, Kroger Co., new employees
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CINCINNATI – Kroger Co. has hired more than 100,000 people in the past eight weeks, the company said Thursday, providing new career opportunities to workers from such hard-hit sectors as restaurants, hotels and food service distributors. “Throughout the pandemic, Kroger’s top priority has been to provide and maintain a safe environment for our associates and
April 23, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19 testing, Kroger Co., Kroger Health
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CINCINNATI — Kroger Health, the health care division of Kroger Co., is expanding its free COVID-19 testing capabilities. The retailer is adding testing sites in Colorado, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. They join existing sites in Kentucky and Tennessee, which serve all priority groups, including health care workers, first responders and people with symptoms. The company will also begin piloting site-specific testing
December 11, 2019 by MMR
Kroger Co., Retail Procurement Alliance, Walgreens
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CINCINNATI — Building on a unique collaboration that first brought together Kroger Co.’s food and grocery experience with Walgreens’ expertise in health and beauty, the companies have formed a new group purchasing organization (GPO) aimed at delivering purchasing efficiencies, lower costs and combined resources to help drive further innovation. The new joint venture will be
October 8, 2019 by MMR
e-cigarettes, Kroger Co., Walgreens
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NEW YORK — Walgreens and Kroger Co. both announced in separate statements on Monday, that they will stop selling e-cigarettes at their stores, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the product and reports of lung disease and some deaths linked to vaping. “We have made the decision to stop selling e-cigarette products at our stores nationwide
September 25, 2019 by MMR
Django Western Taco, DOPE! Asian Street Fare, Eli's BBQ, Kitchen 1883 Café and Bar, Kroger, Kroger chairman and chief executive officer Rodney McMullen, Kroger Co., Queen City Whip, Rodney McMullen, Teri Rose
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CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. opened a new, 52,000-square-foot urban format store in its hometown here on Wednesday. The store in downtown Cincinnati includes the retailer’s first-ever food hall, called On The Rhine Eatery. The food hall showcases the grocer’s own food restaurant concept, Kitchen 1883 Café and Bar, as well as the outposts of a
August 13, 2019 by MMR
Environmental, Jessica Adelman, Kroger, Kroger chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen, Kroger Co., Rodney McMullen, Social and Governance (ESG), Zero Hunger | Zero Waste
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CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. said Monday that the company’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste efforts reduced its supermarket food waste footprint – the overall food waste it produced – by 9% in 2018. Kroger’s progress was outlined in its 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, also released on Monday. This is the company’s 13th
August 5, 2019 by MMR
Giant Food, Kroger Co., Ocado Group CEO Tim Steiner, Wakefern Food Corp., Walmart, Weis Markets Inc.
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NEW YORK — Food retailers continue to bolster their grocery pickup and delivery capabilities as a growing proportion of shoppers buy at least some of their food online. Kroger Co., Walmart, Giant Food, Wakefern Food Corp. and Weis Markets Inc. were among the food retailers announcing grocery fulfillment-related developments in July. Kroger chief executive officer
August 5, 2019 by MMR
Kroger Co., Ocado
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ATLANTA — Kroger Co. and online grocery retailer and logistics specialist Ocado are planning to build a customer fulfillment center (CFC) in Forest Park, Ga., not far from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport. The new CFC represents a $55 million investment that will create more than 400 new jobs, the companies said. “Kroger is incredibly excited to
July 30, 2019 by MMR
Kroger Co., Mike Donnelly, Nashville division, Sonya Hostetler, Walmart
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CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. said Tuesday that it has tapped Walmart veteran Sonya Hostetler to serve as president of its Nashville division, which comprises 91 stores across middle and eastern Tennessee, northern Alabama and southern Kentucky. Her appointment is effective August 1. She succeeds Zane Day, who previously announced his plans to retire from the
July 22, 2019 by MMR
Kroger Co., Rodney McMullen, Treasure EmporiYum
2019, Issue 07-22-2019, Issues
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. is rolling out a new merchandising vehicle to highlight its highly successful private brands, chairman and chief executive officer Rodney McMullen revealed at the grocer’s recent annual meeting here. The concept, dubbed Treasure EmporiYum, will present a curated collection of trend-inspired private label (which Kroger terms Our Brands) items in almost