About the Company
The motto of the founder Barney Kroger Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself has made Kroger become America’s favorite grocer, helping all Americans to make 221 food related decisions in average per day. The company operates about 3,600 stores, including supermarkets and multi department stores, marketplace stores, price-impact stores, and fine jewelry stores in 30 states. Kroger is committed to delivering fresh food at a fair price, and meaningfully giving back to its communities through the Zero Hunger / Zero Waste mission, which plans to end hunger in its communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025. With job openings in stores, distribution centers, manufacturing plants, technology hubs and offices, Kroger is a place where you can come for a job and stay for a career. Competitive rewards, education benefits, opportunities for growth and development are the main cornerstones of the benefits package of the company. Kroger takes a behavioral-based approach to interviewing to understand strengths, motivations and handling of situations of candidates. Since the opening of a grocery store in 1883 from the life savings of the founder in downtown Cincinnati, OH the business has run so successfully that Kroger ranks as a world class retailer today, with headquarters in the same town.