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Arrowhead is everything to northwest Phoenix, with top shopping in a light-filled and airy setting. Great stores are everywhere, including popular department stores Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's and Sears, plus Dick's Sporting Goods and Forever 21. Add dozens of specialty stores like Aeropostale, American Eagle, Coach, Loft, Oakley, Pac Sun, Sephora and so many more for a complete ? and completely satisfying ? shopping experience. Need more? A 14-screen AMC Theatres and a full-scale food court add to the fun.
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This upscale shopping center in Glendale's Arrowhead Ranch area is home to eateries, boutique retail, health and beauty options, and Arizona's only Farmers Market Under the Stars! A family-friendly, pet-friendly shopping and dining experience each Wednesday night. Honeywell and Midwestern University's 144-acre, five-college campus are located across the street.
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #10 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #11 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #136 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #26 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #28 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #6 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #60 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #625 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
Fry's Food Stores of Arizona, Inc. #73 Store Manager
History of Kroger
In 1883, Barney Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. The son of a merchant, he ran his business with a simple motto: ?Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.?
It was a credo that would serve The Kroger Co. well over the next 130 years as the supermarket business evolved into a variety of formats aimed at satisfying the ever-changing needs of shoppers.
With more than 2,400 stores in 31 states under two dozen banners and annual sales of more than $96 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world?s largest retailers.
Many aspects of the company?s business today trace their roots to Mr. Kroger?s early efforts to serve his customers. Consider two specialty departments that today are regular fixtures in the company?s supermarkets" bakeries and meat and seafood shops. In the early 1900s, most grocers bought their bread from independent bakeries. But Mr. Kroger, always pursuing quality as the key ingredient for profit, recognized that if he baked his own bread, he could reduce the price for his customers and still make money. So, in 1901, he became the first grocer in the country to establish his own bakeries. He was also the first to sell meats and groceries under one roof.
Mr. Kroger also spied the promise of increasing his income by manufacturing the products he sold. It began in that first Kroger store on Pearl St. When farmers came to town with their produce, he bought far more cabbage than he could expect his customers to buy. He took the cabbage home to his mother who, following her favorite recipe, turned it into tangy sauerkraut that proved hugely popular with his German customers.
The manufacturing effort born in that back room was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in America. Kroger operates 37 food processing facilities that make thousands of products ranging from bread, cookies and milk to soda pop, ice cream and peanut butter. About 40% of the more than 12,000 private-label items found in the company?s stores today are made at one of Kroger?s manufacturing plants. These Corporate Brands today account for an impressive 24% of Kroger?s total store dollar sales, providing the company with a significant strategic advantage.
Yet in many other respects, Mr. Kroger would hardly recognize the company today. In response to customers who want the convenience of one-stop shopping, stores have grown much larger to accommodate more variety and more merchandise. New combination stores, Kroger?s primary format, today average 67,000 square feet or more. The company?s Marketplace stores, which offer expanded general merchandise, average 125,000 square feet, and multi-department stores under the Fred Meyer banner truly tip the scales at over 165,000 square feet.
The shelves today are packed with up to 50,000 items ranging from basic grocery staples to more innovative fare such as organic vegetables, natural foods, and hot meals ready to eat. Kroger operates more than 1,940 in-store pharmacies that fill more than 160 million prescriptions a year. Its floral shops ring up enough business to make Kroger the world?s largest florist. And Kroger has installed fuel centers in more than 1,180 locations to appeal to customers who want to gas up their cars during their shopping trip.
Mergers have played a key role in Kroger?s growth over the years. In 1983, 100 years after the company?s founding, Kroger merged with Dillon Companies Inc. in Kansas to become a coast-to-coast operator of food, drug and convenience stores.
The biggest merger in Kroger?s history came in 1999, when the company teamed up with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that created a supermarket chain with the broadest geographic coverage and widest variety of formats in the food retailing industry. The merger also enabled Kroger to generate huge economies of scale in purchasing, manufacturing, information systems and logistics. In an era when many larger mergers failed, the success of the Kroger-Fred Meyer merger stands out.
Today Kroger offers a store format for nearly every kind of shopper. Our formats include supermarkets, multi-department stores, Marketplace stores, price-impact stores, convenience and fine jewelry stores.
Throughout its rich history, Kroger has served as an innovator and pioneer in the food retail industry. During the 1930s, it was the first grocery chain to routinely monitor product quality and scientifically test foods. In 2012, the company?s long-standing commitment to food safety and quality earned it the highly prestigious Black Pearl Award, awarded to only one company each year by the International Association for Food Protection.
In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner. It was installed in a store in suburban Cincinnati, and visitors from around the country attended the event. Technology continues to play an important role in Kroger?s store operations today. In just the last few years, Kroger pioneered QueVision, an innovative faster checkout program that has reduced the time customers wait in line to check out, on average, from four minutes in 2010 to less than 30 seconds in stores today.
Also in the ?70s, the company became the first grocer to formalize consumer research, interviewing 4,000 shoppers the first year. In 2012, the company listened to 1,993,227 customers, who provided invaluable feedback and insights.
Innovation is also at the heart of Kroger?s sustainability efforts, aimed at improving today to protect tomorrow. In the mid-2000s, Kroger created a process to rescue safe, edible fresh products and donate them quickly to local food banks. This innovation has been replicated by other retailers and today fresh products make up more than half of the food distributed nationwide by Feeding America, America?s largest food bank network.
With dozens of manufacturing facilities and distribution centers around the country, Kroger also has one of the largest privately-owned truck fleets in the country. Trucks moving merchandise and supplies among our stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants log nearly 297 million miles annually.
The business principles that made the first Kroger store successful in 1883 ''" service, selection and value ''" continue to guide the company?s operations today. From one tiny grocery store in Cincinnati more than a century ago, Barney Kroger laid the foundation for what today ranks as one of the largest companies in America.
HoneyBaked Ham, LLC Kelly Plank
Training Store General Manager 5066 W. Olive Avenue
Whether you're craving our signature hams, delectable turkey breasts, or savory sides, our dedicated team is here to assist you. Drop by today to savor the experience, or effortlessly place an order online for a seamless pickup. We value your feedback, so feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions. Your local HoneyBaked store is more than a destination?it's a culinary adventure that brings cherished traditions to life.
Hospice of the Valley White Dove Thrift Shoppe Elizabeth Hutchman
The White Dove Thrift Shoppe has multiple locations in the Valley for the treasure hunter in you. Each White Dove carries different and unique finds, with more items arriving daily. Stop by often - you never know what you'll find!
The White Dove Thrift Shoppes -named after Hospice of the Valley's dove logo - opened its first store in Phoenix in 2004. A location in Scottsdale followed in 2008, and the Mesa store opened in 2013. We have been recognized by Phoenix New Times as the best place to shop thrift!
Many items sold at The White Dove are donated by family members of patients we have served. The stores offer unique finds for the avid thrifter and treasure hunter. Items also go to patients in need. Anything that cannot be used or sold is donated to other charities.
The White Dove Thrift Shoppes support Hospice of the Valley's mission - bringing comfort and dignity as life nears its end. Sale proceeds fund many specialized and innovative patient-care programs and help lower the cost of charity care. No one is ever turned away, regardless of insurance status or financial means.
Hospice of the Valley is the largest not-for-profit hospice in the nation. We strive to provide the highest quality care to those we serve. Each year we care for nearly 17,000 patients and families throughout Central Arizona, including Greater Phoenix and Northern Pinal County.
To learn more about Hospice of the Valley, please call or visit us online: 602.530.6900 or hov.org.
When I was growing up, my stepfather was a butcher; and I was intrigued at a very early age after watching him. He actually taught me how to tie a butcher's knot when I was about 10; and when I first started working at Albertsons, in the seafood dept., I could tie as well as the veteran butchers. It blew their minds!
I was hired into Albertsons seafood department at 18 and was a seafood manager by the time I was 20. Thirteen years later, after meeting the first female meat manager I'd ever heard of, Christine Ortega, I realized, by her prompting, that I, too, could be a meat manager.
I was an apprentice for 6 months and then an assistant meat manager for 3 months. Before I knew it, I had become meat manager, and I remained in a management position for the next 21 years. (7 years with Albertsons, over 14 years with Kroger)
Fast Forward through my years with Albertsons, and Kroger; Christine, through much effort, opened up a business to call her own, Off The Hook LLC. Christine invited me to work for her. Although I was hesitant at first (leaving a big company is a big change), she convinced me to join her on this journey.
After only a short time working at Off the Hook LLC, I felt my love for the meat business come back to me, and I knew that I wanted to open a shop of my very own so that I could share this love I once again felt.
It's a lot different being affiliated with a smaller shop, but having conversations with a wide range of customers every day has got to be my favorite part of business! It's actually one of the reasons I decided to leave the bigger stores. Many years ago, we were taught that it's always 'customers first'. However, in big grocery stores, that motto has changed. Now It's 'train your customers' and 'computer work first', and I mean that literally! At the larger stores, I spent the first hour of every day on the computer before I could even think about walking back to the meat department. And our customers? happiness took a hit as a result. Call me ?old school,? but I was hired for the customers first. And with Happy customers comes great sales!
So join my son and me at Meatopia Custom Cut Meats LLC, for the next chapter of my story.
Step into a Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery and let the aroma of freshly-baked Bundt stir your senses. Choose from ten luscious Bundt flavors and forty unique cake designs while you browse a treasure trove of unique gifts, charming cards and inspired decorator items. Our nostalgic décor and playful atmosphere make the perfect backdrop to your quest for Bundt perfection.
Step into a Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery and let the aroma of freshly-baked Bundt stir your senses. Choose from ten luscious Bundt flavors and forty unique cake designs while you browse a treasure trove of unique gifts, charming cards and inspired decorator items. Our nostalgic décor and playful atmosphere make the perfect backdrop to your quest for Bundt perfection.
The Peoria Music Academy is Peoria, Arizona's largest music training facility with over 500 students! Whatever instrument you or your child wish to play, odds are we can help them learn it: Piano, Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass, Ukulele, Voice and Singing, Violin, School Band & Orchestra all taught under one roof.
Our mission is to deliver top quality service and products. Our products also inspire and help the financial growth of local artisans in various countries.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
A family business 50+ years in the making with over 30+ furniture showrooms, we are a contemporary home furnishings destination rooted in our love for Nordic culture, modern design and quality craftsmanship. Through each item hand-selected by our team, we strive to blend the timeless tradition of Scandinavian design with your individual style. Our product is made to complement the art of living well - because Scandinavian design is a way of living, not just a design style.
WE MAKE IT SIMPLE, YOU MAKE IT HOME.
OUR STORY
The adventurous spirit of our founder is a great source of pride and inspiration for all of us at Scandinavian Designs and Dania Furniture. Like many business success stories, ours begins there - with an entrepreneur, a necessity, a sense of adventure and a discovered passion. It was on a trip back to his native country of Norway, after being in the United States for a few years, that our founder began his career in furniture. At the 1963 furniture show in Stavanger, Norway, he met with several small furniture factories that all agreed to give him modest credit on a handshake. "That's how business was done over there in those days," he recalls.
Beginning as a one-man operation, he worked in every position the business required - from trips back to the Scandinavian furniture fairs to place orders, to picking up furniture shipments from the pier in San Francisco, displaying product in the store, advertising in the local newspaper, selling the furniture and filling out delivery orders by hand, to loading the merchandise in the back of his van to cart off to the customer.
He still appreciates the relationships with his early customers, recounting stories of how they would insist that he sit and join them for dinner after an evening delivery, and how they became loyal to his philosophy on modern design. This is the man who furnished mid-century modern homes up and down the west coast in the 1960's and 1970's.
Through the years, his three sons grew up watching their father build our organization, and it was only natural that they decided to join in. The foundation and history of this family business is based on valuing authenticity and honoring our obligations. Our entire team embraces these principles and strives to deliver the best customer service and the finest quality products at an exceptional value.
Welcome to Stanton Optical Glendale! All the convenience, none of the drama! At Stanton Optical, our team is dedicated to helping you get a fast, thorough eye exam utilizing state-of-the-art telehealth technology. With our selection of more than 3,000 stylish, affordable frames, you?ll find a fashionable look for every day of the week!
We're located at the northeast corner of Bell Rd and N 59th Ave, across the street from Walmart Supercenter, in the Glendale Market Square shopping mall, next to T-Mobile.
Staples #0261 | West Camelback, Glendale Adrian Servin
Staples is the world's largest office products company and a trusted source for office solutions, providing products, services and expertise in office supplies, technology, furniture and Copy & Print services. Staples W Camelback Rd offers a first class selection of top brands including Apple, Microsoft, HP, Canon, Epson and Dell. You will find paper, ink and toner and the latest tech and cleaning and breakroom supplies, plus print and copy services in our store. Plan your visit to 4350 W Camelback Rd today!
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