Kroger's Headquarters are centralized in Cincinnati, OH, but it spans many states with store formats that include supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, convenience stores and mall jewelry stores. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia are among those with Kroger stores carrying the Kroger name.

History

Kroger was founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kroger pioneered the first supermarket surrounded on all four sides by parking lots in the 1930s. In 1983, The Kroger Company acquired Dillon Companies grocery chain in Kansas along with its subsidiaries, King Soopers, City Market, Frys, Bakers, Gerbes, and the convenience store chain Kwik Shop. David Dillon, in the 4th generation under J.S. Dillon, the founder of Dillon Companies, is now the CEO of Kroger.

Chains

• Baker's (Nebraska)
• Cala Foods and Bell Markets (California)
• City Market (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
• Dillons (Kansas, Missouri)
• Food 4 Less and Foods Co. (California (Los Angeles Area), Nevada (Las Vegas Area), Illinois (Chicago Area))
• Fred Meyer (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
• Fred Meyer Marketplace (Alaska, Oregon, Washington)
• Fred Meyer Northwest Best (Oregon, Washington)
• Fred Meyer Jewelers
• Littman Jewelers
• Barclay Jewelers
• Fox's Jewelers
• Fry's Food and Drug (Arizona)
• Fry's Marketplace (Arizona)
• '''Fry's Mercado (Arizona)
• '''Fry's Signatures (Arizona)
• Gerbes (Missouri)
• Hilander (Illinois)
• JayC Food Stores (Indiana)
• King Soopers (Colorado, Wyoming)
• Kroger Food and Drug (Texas)
• Kroger Marketplace (Arkansas, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, West Virginia)
• Kroger Signature Stores (Texas)
• Kwik Shop (Kansas, Nebraska)
• Loaf 'N Jug (Colorado, Nebraska)
• Owen's Market (Indiana)
• Quik Stop (California, Nevada)
• Pay Less Food Markets (Indiana)
• Quality Food Centers aka QFC (Oregon, Washington)
• Ralphs (California)
• Ralphs Marketplace (California)
• Smith's Food and Drug (Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
• Smith's Marketplace (Utah)
• Turkey Hill (Pennsylvania)
• Scott's Food & Pharmacy (Indiana)