Kroger bought the Northwest chain, Fred Meyer about 10 or 12 years ago and has been working overtime to ruin what WAS one of the finest grocery/garden/home goods store in the PacNW. I decided the day I heard this to cease shopping with them, my wife has been loyal for well over 40 years. Go woke, go broke.
Up here in NH & MA there is a local grocery store chain called Market Basket. It is owned by a local family. IMHO it is by far the best grocery store around. Their pricing is almost always cheaper than the others: Shaws , Hannaford, Star Market, Wegmans, Trader Joes and Whole Paycheck. They are even cheaper than Walmart and comparable to Aldi.
A few years ago the board tried to raid the pension fund of all the long term employees. They all wear name tags that state how long they have been with the company. People over 30 years are common. These employees typically have over a million in their profit sharing pension account.
When this happened the President of the company was against it. He supported the employees. There were picket lines out in front of all their stores. It was the only time I did not shop there. Eventually, the board changed their mind and the employees won out.