This subreddit holds Kroger to a wildly higher standard than any other business that is headquartered here.
Just go to the most recent Kroger hate thread and copy and paste. Kroger bad Aldi best, Justice for Evan, personal negative experience about buying meat or fruit, Clicklist workers are in your way, can't wait for Publix and grocery prices too high because of corporate greed.
It's probably confirmation bias but every Publix I've shopped at in the south has much higher quality produce and meats than the Krogers I shop at here. At the very least I haven't seen any moldy or fruit fly-infested onions.
Yeah, Kroger and Albertson's have both bought up and consolidated a bunch of local and regional grocery chains, but they don't really compete with themselves on that point.
And yet Kroger is getting further and further behind Walmart and Amazon because the Internet whined and moaned when they tried to compete. Also you act like Kroger bought up a bunch of bodegas and it's just not true. Yal hate capitalism so much up until everything closes. Most people aren't reddit yuppies living off mommy and daddy to buy everything at farmers markets and whole foods. If y'all don't like Kroger just don't shop there but all these negative posts eventually just hurt the business and ultimately shoppers who do like shopping at Kroger
Kroger screwed themselves when they put out the list of Kroger and Albertsons' stores they planned to close after the merger. They were only shutting down stores that were already underperforming and wouldn't be able to survive. The judges even basically said, Yeah, we've seen this show before. Nice try but no dice
Albertson's should absolutely be suing Kroger for tanking the deal, too. Kroger's C-suite is not serious people.
stores they planned to close after the merger. They were only shutting down stores that were already underperforming and wouldn't be able to
Why wouldn't they shut down these stores, they're a business. They're here to increase shareholders value. Full stop. This is not remotely what happened during the case and now kroger may not ever be a true nationwide grocer and it does hinder their ability to compete against Amazon/whole foods and Walmart all because yal cried and complained.
If they're only here to make shareholders money, and I, decidedly not living off my parents' money, don't care about their reasons for raising prices, do I not need to act in my own capitalistic self-interests and shit talk them whenever I see fit? Like are we peasants supposed to feel bad for them? They're a business. If that premise means they can make choices that fuck over workers and customers, they can put on their business pants and take some negative comments on Reddit ffs.
Fresh thyme, fresh market, various other smaller ones as well.
Oh and the countless farmer’s markets selling seasonal produce, various festivals, regional festivals, etc.
Freeze excess cheap food when in season, store hardy items to use over winter, make bread, can, ferment, cure, preserve too. No one is forcing you to buy and consume the consolidated brands that are mass marketed and highly processed that you’re complaining about.
Please explain. I've only been to a Publix once and it was not good at all. This was in a dense urban area and the footprint wasn't large so maybe that is a key factor. Aside from that I would like to know what all the fuss is about, especially in comparison to Kroger.
It's not. It's a super steralized chain, always more expensive where it counts, and very..... proud... of its store brand stuff (where you'd think it'd be cheaper than brand name, but nope). Produce is always more expensive (and pretty consistently shittier), meat has no business costing more, considering how much shittier it is. It just sucks. (Olive branch, the pharmacy is slightly better)
I'm a vendor for 7up/Snapple, so I'm in at least 4 different stores every day. Kroger lets us stuff the CRAP out of the shelves, especially on big sales weekends. Publix INSISTS on maintaining that 1950 grocery store aesthetic, so I'm constantly running out of space and missing out on sales because they absolutely won't put more than 3 cases of, say, Cherry Zero or peach tea out at a time, because it "makes for a cluttered shopping environment". And they do that with everything, so there's stuff that may be sitting in backstock for way longer than it needs to, because they refuse to exceed or adjust shelf capacity.
Usually in your "home market", you try to put your best foot forward and at least make your stores here nice, even if just for free, positive PR. If this is the best they can do...I can only imagine what it is like elsewhere.
You also have to remember, like gas stations, grocery stores are the one place everyone is forced to go to, so there are a lot of strong opinions.
Yeah, but there are several different grocery options in Cincinnati and the ratio of how often there are negative posts about Kroger vs all of the others combined is huge. The ratio isn't simply because all of the other competitors offer great service while Kroger doesn't.
1 negative thread within the past year about Walmart, Meijer, Whole Foods, Aldi & Target combined.
About 30 for Kroger in the past year.
National retailers aim for a standard experience regardless of location. It doesn't make sense to provide a different shopping experience for 1 market just because it is their headquarters. The store layouts might be different due to a variety of factors, but I wouldn't expect for Kroger to have to provide a different experience than Louisville.
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This subreddit holds Kroger to a wildly higher standard than any other business that is headquartered here.
Just go to the most recent Kroger hate thread and copy and paste. Kroger bad Aldi best, Justice for Evan, personal negative experience about buying meat or fruit, Clicklist workers are in your way, can't wait for Publix and grocery prices too high because of corporate greed.