CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has opened a Culinary Innovation Center here, complete with cooking stations and video streaming capabilities for sharing information with store teams around the country. “Kroger’s new Culinary Innovation Center is an exciting state-of-the-art test kitchen and education center,” said Daniel Hammer, Kroger’s vice president of culinary development and new business. “As we
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. said Wednesday that it is rolling out its Scan, Bag, Go shopping technology, which allows customers to use a wireless handheld scanner or the Scan, Bag, Go app on their personal device to scan and bag products as they shop for a faster checkout experience. Kroger is introducing the technology is
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. on Tuesday announced two executive promotions designed to support its Restock Kroger initiative. Steve McKinney, currently president of the Fry’s Food Stores division, has been named senior vice president of retail divisions, effective February 5. Monica Garnes, who currently corporate vice president of produce-floral merchandising, will succeed McKinney as Fry’s division
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. and health technology provider AssureCare have achieved Level III capability from Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) for the Pharmacist eCare Plan initiative. The companies said Monday that Kroger pharmacies in North Carolina using AssureCare’s MedCompass solution can now share care plans electronically, support care coordination, and actively participate with CCNC and its patient-centered medical home and
WASHINGTON — Project Impact: Diabetes Prevention is a collaborative effort between the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation, Kroger Co. and Solera Health to reduce the incidence of diabetes through community pharmacies. As part of the effort, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) selected the APhA Foundation to build infrastructure in pharmacies to expand
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. on Tuesday announced the retirement of Central division president Katie Wolfram and the promotion of Pam Matthews, currently the QFC division president, to succeed her. Suzy Monford will join the company to succeed Matthews as the president of the QFC division. “We are grateful for Katie’s nearly 40 years of dedicated service
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has announced an effort to end hunger in the chain’s markets and eliminate waste across the company by 2025. Some 42 million Americans struggle with hunger. At the same time, an estimated 72 billion pounds of food ends up in a landfill every year. “More than 40% of the food produced
ARMONK, N.Y. — Retail giants Walmart and Kroger Co. are among a number of companies teaming up with IBM Corp. to explore how to apply blockchain technology to help bolster consumer confidence in the global food system. The coalition includes retailers and food companies such as Unilever, Nestlé, Tyson Foods and Dole. They will be
ARMONK, N.Y. — Walmart and Kroger Co., two of the nation’s biggest retailers, are participating in a major blockchain collaboration with IBM Corp. and food companies to bolster consumer confidence in the global food system. IBM said Tuesday that is working with the consortium — also including Dole, Driscoll’s, Golden State Foods, McCormick and Co.,
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has appointed Liz Ferneding to Ruler division president. She succeeds Paul Bowen, who retired in May. She joins Kroger from Aldi, where she has served in a variety of leadership roles for the last 11 years, including an international assignment in Australia. Upon her return to the United States, Ferneding was
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. is expanding its Our Brands lines to offer more value, variety and quality. The new products will supplement the company’s more than 30,000 Our Brands items, including food, beauty, personal care, pet and household essentials, many of which are made at one of Kroger’s 38 U.S. production plants. “Our Brands sold
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has announced the retirement of Sukanya Madlinger, senior vice president of retail divisions. Madlinger will be succeeded by Calvin Kaufman, president of the company’s Louisville division. Ann Reed was promoted to succeed Kaufman. Reed has been serving as vice president of Customer 1st Promise, overseer of the “Customer 1st Strategy” Kroger