What is Kroger?
[[Image:Kroger logo (1961-2019).svg|right|250px]] '''Kroger''' is a retail [[supermarket]] chain in the [[United States]]. As of 2010, it had 3,619 stores.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.stores.org/2010/Top-100-Retailers |title=2010 Top 100 Retailers |work=stores.org |accessdate=November 26, 2010 }}</ref> Bernard Kroger opened the first Kroger store in 1883 in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. The company's [[headquarters]] are still in Cincinnati today. In 1999, the company merged with Fred Meyer, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_history.htm |title=The Kroger Co. - Corporate News & Info: History |work=thekrogerco.com |accessdate=November 26, 2010 |archive-date=December 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202173042/http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_history.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Supermarkets of the United States]] [[Category:Cincinnati]] [[Category:1883 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Ohio]] [[Category:Companies based in Ohio]] {{US-stub}}