The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
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Kroger was founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it operates a total of 2,726 grocery retail stores under its various banners and divisions in 35 states and the District of Columbia with store formats that include hypermarkets, supermarkets, superstores, department stores, and 137 jewelry stores (782 convenience stores were sold to EG Group in 2018).
Kroger operates 33 food processing or manufacturing facilities, 1,613 supermarket fuel centers, 2,525 pharmacies, and 225 The Little Clinic in-store medical clinics.
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Kroger is the United States’ largest supermarket chain by revenue and the second-largest general retailer behind Walmart, as well as the seventh largest American-owned private employer in the United States.
Kroger is ranked #17 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
What Time Does Kroger Open?
Most Kroger locations have business hours of 6:00am-10:00pm Monday-Sunday. There are some Kroger locations open until 11:00pm or 12:00am, and some are 24 hours.
The only holiday for which Kroger is completely closed at all locations is Christmas Day.
Kroger is open on all other holidays throughout the year, though hours vary on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
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