What grocery chains does Kroger own?

The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.

Kroger operates: 2,720 grocery retail stores under its various banners and divisions in 35 states and the District of Columbia with store formats that include:

• 134 multi-department stores,
• 2,277 combo stores,
• 188 marketplace stores, and
• 121 price-impact warehouse stores.

The grocery chains owned by Kroger include:

Supermarkets – Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick ‘n Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s.

The Kroger Company is the United States’ largest supermarket operator by revenue and fifth-largest general retailer.

The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States and it is ranked #17 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Kroger is owned by 79.07% institutional shareholders, 1.70% Kroger Co insiders, and 19.23% retail investors.

W. Rodney McMullen is the largest shareholder, owning 3.42M shares or around 0.48% of the company.

The largest institutional investor is the Vanguard Group, which owns 10.98% of the company.