Kroger
Grocery retail · United States
Kroger runs about 2,700 supermarkets under local banners such as Ralphs, Fred Meyer and Harris Teeter, with pharmacies, fuel centres and online pickup and delivery, and uses loyalty-card data from 63 million households to sell private brands and retail media.
What makes it different
Almost every purchase is linked to a loyalty card.
95%Transactions on a Kroger loyalty cardFY2025
That data lets Kroger personalise offers and sell targeted advertising to brands.
How big it is
How big is Kroger?
$147.6BTotal salesFY2025
2,697Supermarkets2026
403,000Employees2026
How it makes money FY2025
Groceries first, then pharmacy and fuel.
- Non-perishable53%$77.6B
- Fresh25%$37.2B
- Pharmacy12%$18.2B
- Supermarket fuel9%$13.6B
- Other1%$1.1B
How the business works
Sell groceries. Know shoppers. Monetise the data.
- 1Groceries, pharmacy and fuel
- 2Loyalty card on 95% of sales
- 3Own brands and retail media
Card data from tens of millions of households feeds private brands and advertising that earn far more than grocery margins.
Who owns it
- BlackRock, Inc.7.5%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.7%
- State Street Corporation5.1%
CEO: Greg Foran
Who it competes with
AmazonKey moments
- 1883Barney Kroger opens his first grocery store
- 1983Merger with Dillon Companies
- 1999Merger with Fred Meyer
- 2014Harris Teeter joins Kroger
- 2018Partnership with Ocado and Home Chef deal
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Kroger's own reports.
Full profile
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What Kroger tracks14 metrics
Supermarkets
Households served
Transactions on a Kroger loyalty card
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
The full timeline17 moments
2015
2024
2025
Kroger vs Walmartside by side
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