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	Kroger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kroger had a number of outlets in the Western Pennsylvania region, encompassing Pittsburgh and surrounding areas.
		Kroger stores existed in various Florida markets from the 1960s until 1985, when the chain decided to exit the state and sold most of its stores to Albertsons.
		Kroger employees are hired on a part-time basis and remain part time for at least 90 days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kroger (1255 words)

	Kroger to Start Requiring Cards
		Kroger customers can no longer buy items on sale or enjoy coupon bargains without displaying a discount card that enables the company to track their purchases on a computer.
		Kroger also will be tracking the Kelleys', and other customers', their purchases and tailoring coupon offers to them.
		Kroger, the nation's largest grocery chain with sales of $28 billion last year and profits of $411 million, hopes the program lures other chains' customers, gives regular customers another reason to stay and drives sales higher, Fralin said.
	www.nocards.org /savings/krogerinfo.shtml (704 words)

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		Kroger expressed concern with the attempts of some hypnotists who feel "omnipotent" to exclude people in other fields who may logically and ethically use certain forms of hypnosis.
		Kroger performed an especially worthwhile service in mentioning the International Society for Comprehensive Medicine, of which he is one of the founders.
		Kroger repeatedly indicates that the therapist only "sets the stage," but that ultimately it is the patient who permits the hypnotic relationship to develop by selective attention.
	www.durbinhypnosis.com /kroger.htm (8333 words)

	Kroger Case Study
		Kroger also began to acquire its first computers in 1960 and their annual profits were doubled by 1963.
		The Kroger Company’s mission statement makes plans for the company to remain leaders of their industry, not by acquiring more companies and earning high annual profits, but by continuing their dedication to their employees’ and their customers’ needs and maintaining active involvement in the community in which they have flourished.
		Kroger's mission is to be a leader in the distribution and merchandising of food, pharmacy, health and personal care items, seasonal health and personal care items, seasonal merchandise, and related products and services.
	oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~nz330198/esp/casestudy.htm (1805 words)

	CityBeat: Kroger Vetoes New Labeling (2000-07-20)
		At Kroger's annual shareholders meeting on June 22, a proposal to require the nation's largest grocery store chain to label its private-brand products manufactured with genetically modified organisms (GMO) was voted down by 76 percent of the voting shareholders.
		Kroger's voting shareholders defeated the proposed resolution because, according to Cohen, all they're concerned about is the bottom line.
		In the company's policy statement on the hormone, Kroger again acknowledged the federal government's role in judging the safety of the product in question and the fact that the FDA, at the time, hadn't found the hormone to be unsafe.
	www.citybeat.com /2000-07-20/news2.shtml (1089 words)

	Kroger Electric \| Quality Service with Pride \| Homepage
		Kroger Electric is proud to announce it's new membership into the Associtated Builders and Contractors....
		Kroger Electric upgrades Underground Utility fleet with new addition of the Caterpillar ® 321C LCR Hydraulic Excavator....
		Kroger Electric adds 2 new GMC Extended 3500 vans to it's fleet to support the growth of the company.......
	www.krogerelectric.com (67 words)

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		Kroger plans to generate annual cost savings of approximately $225 million within three years, including approximately $75 million in the first year.
		Kroger and Fred Meyer have entered into cross options under which each company has been granted an option to purchase up to 19.9% of the other company's common stock under certain conditions.
		Kroger and Fred Meyer represent the ultimate strategic combination, creating a truly national company." Robert Miller said, "Both companies enter this combination from positions of strength, having consistently achieved their growth targets while increasing efficiencies and improving margins.
	www.cfonews.com /kr/c101998.txt (843 words)

	John Kroger. Assistant Professor of Law
		Kroger successfully prosecuted over one hundred federal criminal cases involving the mafia, violent gangs, public corruption, and narcotics trafficking.
		From 2002 to 2003, Kroger served as a prosecutor on the U.S. Justice Department's Enron Task Force.
		Kroger has also worked as an economic and domestic policy adviser to a number of leading Democratic politicians.
	www.lclark.edu /dept/lawadmss/kroger.html (237 words)

	Kroger "Card Savings" Exposed as a Sham
		Why is it that with these discount cards, they (Krogers) do not tell the customers in advance (by posting the info on the sale item) that they need one of their cards in order to get the sale price?...
		The Kroger Plus "sale" signs were what first caught my eye, especially since I have to use glasses to read the fine print at the bottom of them.
		The druggest at Krogers will pass the message on when told that you are moving your account because you no longer have respect for the marketing practices (cards) at that store.
	www.nocards.org /savings/savingsletterskroger.shtml (1743 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Ralphs owner Kroger sees earnings plunge
		Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs, said yesterday third-quarter earnings fell 57 percent as the Southern California labor dispute led many shoppers to defect to rivals like Costco.
		Kroger said net income for the quarter through Nov. 8 was $110.2 million, or 15 cents a share, compared with net income of $254.6 million, or 33 cents a share, a year earlier.
		David Dillon, Kroger's chief executive officer, estimated during a conference call that the strike and lockout – as well as a smaller labor dispute involving the company in the East – had cut sales in the quarter by between $135 million and $145 million.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20031210-9999_1b10grocery.html (934 words)

	KROGER SPONSORS MOTORCYCLE RUN
		Kroger and the United Way in cooperation with Campbell's Harley Davidson of Marion, are raffling off a 2004 Harley Davidson 1200 Customer Sportster motorcycle.
		Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains.
		Kroger also operated (either directly, through its subsidiaries, franchise agreements, or operating agreements) 794 convenience stores, 439 fine jewelry stores, 487 supermarket fuel centers and 42 food processing plants.
	www.agr.state.il.us /fair/dq/press/r0803041.html (355 words)

	Kroger labor dispute drags earnings down
		The impact of the disputes also led Kroger to withdraw its previous forecast for fiscal 2003 profit of at least $1.45 a share and to stop offering earnings guidance for the rest of the year.
		"Kroger is not able to determine when the ongoing labor disputes will be resolved or estimate the investment that will be required to rebuild our markets," Kroger CEO Dave Dillon told investors in a conference call.
		Kroger stores in Cincinnati have been unaffected by strikes because their contract with local union workers doesn't expire until October 2004.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/12/10/biz_kroger10.html (488 words)

	Heard on the Street: Kroger fights goliath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kroger, which was formed in 1883, when Barney Kroger used $372 in savings to open his first store in downtown Cincinnati, has managed to survive and, of late, thrive, with 2,500 supermarkets and 430 jewelry stores.
		Kroger was one of the first big supermarket chains to cut prices to stem market-share losses to Wal-Mart.
		Kroger is moving beyond a focus on prices to improving services, such as speeding checkout lines and selling a broader range of merchandise, including furniture, electronics, clothes and toys.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06165/698173-28.stm (965 words)

	Kroger, union continue contract negotiations
		Unionized Kroger employees are working under the terms of their old contract.
		Kroger's union employees remain on the job while negotiators talk and both sides say they remain optimistic they will ultimately reach agreement without a walkout.
		That said, both Kroger and the union say they are still engaged in a meaningful dialogue.
	www.wdbj7.com /Global/story.asp?S=3581986&nav=RmOic1bD (311 words)

	The Kroger Co.
		The proposed agreement would require Kroger and Groub to divest three supermarkets in Columbus and Madison, Indiana, to Roundy's, Inc. Roundy's is one of the largest food wholesalers in the United States and an operator of company-owned supermarkets.
		Kroger, the largest supermarket firm in the United States, is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and operates more than 2,200 supermarkets and convenience stores in 37 states.
		For a period of 10 years, the order also would prohibit Kroger from entering into or enforcing any agreement, in those same counties, that restricts the ability of anyone that acquires an interest in a supermarket to operate a supermarket at that site if such supermarket was formerly owned or operated by Kroger.
	www.ftc.gov /opa/1999/08/krogergroub.htm (782 words)

	The Tribune - News
		Kroger lives in Hudson and is a little concerned that the guy she chased away Wednesday might want to retaliate.
		Kroger has only worked in the store a month, but she's been a clerk other places, and she knows suspicious people when she sees them.
		Her fiance was called, and he picked up Kroger's father, and they went to the hospital to stay with her.
	www.greeleytrib.com /article/20050225/NEWS/102250078/0/FRONTPAGE (716 words)

	SurvivalForum.com - New system lets Kroger shoppers pay with fingerprint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kroger customer Mary Smith, an employee relations representative at Texas A&M University, had mixed feelings about SecureTouch when she first heard about it.
		Kroger became interested in the finger image machine three years ago, when the state of Texas began its own pilot program with the intention of eliminating food stamp fraud.
		Kroger customer Mary Smith said she has a daughter in Katy who wants nothing to do with the finger image method of payment.
	www.survivalforum.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=472 (856 words)

	Kroger leads supermarkets' embrace of GM DSN Retailing Today - Find Articles
		Kroger has since combined its own expertise with Fred Meyer to develop a new generation of stores that take from the best of both retailers.
		Sometimes described as a mini supercenter, Kroger's Marketplace might better be described as a scaled-down hypermarket with about two-thirds of the space devoted to food, just as is the case of European operators such as Carrefour and Auchan and Loblaw in Canada.
		"Kroger is the best-positioned conventional retailer for the future, having already improved efficiency and broadened its merchandising format in recent years," noted Lehman Bros. analyst Meredith Adler in a recent research note.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_8_44/ai_n13665058 (866 words)

	The Kroger Co. - Corporate News & Info: Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		E85 is a blend of 15 percent gasoline and 85 percent ethanol, which is a renewable, domestic fuel; the use of it may reduce greenhouse gases and the nation’s dependence on petroleum.
		Kroger operates more than 500 supermarket fueling stations nationwide, including more than 60 in Texas, all of which are located next to Kroger retail grocery stores.
		Kroger is making the station improvements needed to offer E85 in Dallas and Houston this summer, and more Kroger fuel centers could offer E85 as consumer demand grows.
	www.thekrogerco.com /corpnews/corpnewsinfo_pressreleases_03302006.htm (564 words)

	06-19-1998 - Kroger Buys Owen’s: Changes at four local stores not yet announced
		Kroger spokeswoman Sonya Saunders said one forthcoming change will be the inclusion of Kroger brand items at the Owen’s stores.
		Kroger’s store manager was unavailable and a spokesperson declined to comment and asked the reporter not to interview shoppers.
		Kroger and Marsh are two of the biggest grocery chains in Indiana.
	www.timeswrsw.com /archive/1998/N0620980.HTM (593 words)

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		They claimed to be from Canada, were really American, and their name, Kroger, was actually that of a couple from New Zealand who were killed in a car crash.
		MI5 decided to monitor the activities of all these individuals, and in the case of the Kroger’s this was done from the side bedroom window of a house in nearby Courtfield Gardens, occupied by Bill and Ruth Search (whose daughter Gay went on to be a well known journalist).
		This tells the story from the angle of the Search's who were the neighbours whose house was used to observe the Krogers and the effect them being lied to for years by the Krogers had on them.
	www.ruislip.co.uk /kroger (656 words)

	Kroger
		Kroger has closed HuggieLand at Hwy 6 and Settlers Way due to poor attendance.--thanks to Kimberly V. for the info.
		Kroger is offering.10 cents off per gallon of gasoline with your Kroger Plus Card once you buy $100.00 worth of groceries.
		At the Missouri City Kroger I have been able to buy a gallon of milk for 99 cents on the day it expires or $1.50 if it is going to expire in a couple days.
	www.fortbendmom.com /myweb/Kroger.html (366 words)

	USATODAY.com - Kroger posts higher 1st-quarter profit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kroger (KR), the largest U.S. supermarket chain, posted higher first-quarter profit Tuesday, driven by cost cuts and increased sales.
		In recent years, Kroger has remodeled stores, improved its lineup of perishable goods, lowered prices and added gas stations to help stave off tough competition from Wal-Mart Stores (WMT).
		On that basis, analysts on average expected Kroger, which operates supermarkets such as Ralphs and City Market, as well as jewelry stores such as Fred Meyer and Littman, to earn 42 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
	www.usatoday.com /money/companies/earnings/2006-06-20-kroger_x.htm?csp=34 (233 words)

	DWU - Press Release
		Kroger is a member of the Sioux Falls First United Methodist Church and attends Mitchell’s First United Methodist Church during the school year.
		The Rev. Greg Kroger, his father, is an associate pastor in Sioux Falls, and his grandfather, the Rev. Gene Kroger, was a pastor and district superintendent until he retired last year.
		Kroger said he believes that the United Methodist Church functions best when all its membership is equally represented at the General Conference.
	www.dwu.edu /press/2004/aug11.htm (452 words)

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