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Bernard Heinrich "Henry" Kroger (January 24, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who introduced self-service shopping to the public in 1895.
In 1883, 23-year-old Bernard Kroger, the fifth of ten children of German immigrants, invested his life savings of $372 (equivalent to $12,164 in 2023) to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. [17]
Among many other activities, grocer Bernard Kroger was a major fund raiser for the Cincinnati Anti-Tuberculosis League, and he helped fund the camp. [1] The camp was located on a 92 acre tract along US 50 (Wooster Pike) between Mariemont and Terrace Park in the Cincinnati area (Coordinates: 39°09′04″N 84°19′38″W / 39.151100°N ...
Owen's Market was a small chain of grocery stores located in northern Indiana in the United States, owned by the Kroger corporation. Founded in 1938. At the time of the chain name's phase-out in August 2020, there were three Owen's Market locations in the Indiana communities of Huntington, Ligonier and Warsaw.
History of the United States (1865–1918) ... Bernard Kroger establishes the first Kroger grocery store, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ongoing. Gilded Age (1869–c. 1896)
Kroger is a German surname, a variant of Krüger [1] or a spelling of Kröger without diacritics. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Kroger (1860–1938), American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets; Chris Kroger (born 1968), American ski mountaineer; Harry Kroger, American physicist and electrical engineer
It is a subsidiary of Kroger. [1] City Market was founded by the Prinster family in 1924, when four brothers—Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence—moved to Grand Junction from La Junta, Colorado. Tony Prinster's father, Frank Prinster Jr., was also president of the City Market, serving from 1961 to 1978.
Kroger uses the Foods Co name in Northern California, where it is bound by an agreement between Falley's and grocer Nugget Markets, Inc. One Food 4 Less store in Northern California is managed and operated by Nugget. Kroger does not have any administrative control over the single Nugget Food 4 Less store.