Posted on 06/24/2025 6:45:37 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Kroger shoppers, take note: Your beloved neighborhood grocery store may not be there much longer. One of America's largest grocery chains just announced it plans to close around 60 stores across the U.S. over the next 18 months, citing "modest financial benefits" in its latest earnings report.
Kroger, which currently operates nearly 1,239 grocery stores in 16 states under two dozen different brand names, has been in hot water over the past six months after attempting a $25 billion merger with rival Albertsons. Government regulators denied the deal over antitrust concerns, and now, Albertsons is suing Kroger—and vice versa—in a bitter battle. The fight has roped in C&S Wholesale Grocers, which is suing Kroger for a $125 million termination fee.
Add to this the recent bombshell report that Kroger is secretly overcharging customers, and it's no wonder the company is trying to tighten operations and cut costs. Here's what you need to know about the Kroger location closings planned throughout the U.S. in at least five states
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The headline is misleading. The author has no idea which stores are closing and merely tosses out a couple of guesses
That article is misleading. It didn’t provide a complete definitive list of the 60 stores, just a handful of stores that are already closed or in the process of closing.
“Add to this the recent bombshell report that Kroger is secretly overcharging customers”
Not sure of the report, but if you don’t provide a Kroger Card, you pay about 10 to 20 percent more for most items, relative to other large supermarkets.
...for that reason, they’re my last choice.
Aldi acquired Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie in 2024.....where I am many Winn-Dixie stores are now closed, set to reopen as Aldi grocery stores.
That’s capitalism isn’t it?
Problem is, the turn around time to reopens Aldi seems to take forever.
Local Kroger overrun by “Amish” and forced to both add a one-way gate at the entrance and play scratchy music in the parking lot to reduce sheinkage.
Unless no one eats, I do not think grocery stores are dying. If anything it's a lack of law & order in certain areas that are killing retail on every level.
No Kroger stores where I am but what they do have here is a central warehouse and a fleet of delivery vehicles for online ordering.
Apparently it’s tremendously popular....someone down the street from me has a Kroger delivery literally every day.
Walmart the same thing, I can’t go in there without having to navigate around an army of online order fillers. They’ve actually become a nuisance.
Me? When it comes to food I gotta pick it out myself......too many people touching my food already before I get it without it going through 2 or 3 more......no telling where those grubby hands have been......yeesh.
Aldi reminds me of my report card.
In my area, one W-D became an Aldi, another one two miles away is still W-D, and a Harveys (the low class version of W-D) is still open a mile away.
LOL! The same at the local Wally world, they literally look like robots
I agree completely. In addition to choosing my own apples and chicken thighs, I actually enjoy the trip to my local Safeway . . . until confronted with those behemoth online shopping contraptions. They seem to be docked in every aisle, while the store’s “shopper” studies his little electronic pad.
I certainly believe this. I've found far better prices at Target on a lot of things - the coffee creamer I like is $2.00 cheaper at Whole Foods, of all place.
I often check the price on Amazon right at the store - and it it's cheaper there, and it often is, I'll order right there.
” it seems retail is dying.”
Retail grocery stores are not dying. Theft in those neighborhoods is what is causing this.
2 Texas Kroger stores are on the list : McKinney and Dickinson (near Galveston). I can’t stand our local Kroger. Prefer Tom Thumb.
I use a combination of sources for my food. I get the bulk of my food from Kroger, a few items from Wally World, a few from Amazon, and a few from Costco.
Lots of machinations, but it seems retail is dying.
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Are you saying that grocery stores are dying?
I love my Aldi...Going for some steaks and ground beef in a bit...
“what they do have here is a central warehouse and a fleet of delivery vehicles for online ordering. Apparently, it’s tremendously popular”
With more traffic and tangles of roads, and the increasing number of different products to choose for purchase, online ordering shines.
To tackle the enormous number of products, we have the warehouse-size stores. Those are going to be further from home than would be lots of smaller stores.
“Me? When it comes to food I gotta pick it out myself......too many people touching my food already before I get it without it going through 2 or 3 more......no telling where those grubby hands have been......yeesh.”
Yep, we learned pretty quickly that one does MUCH BETTER by going into the stores and selecting the food. For produce, it’s obvious why. For other items, by going in, you at least get to compare dates and then choose - and if there’s no difference in price, choose the freshest, of course.
As to having delivery or drive-up, if I managed a store, I would tell my workers to not worry about dates (unless expired, of course), and pick the ones on top...which should be the oldest, if the workers understand how to restock.
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