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The joint-venture group purchasing organization called Retail Procurement Alliance, which Walgreens and Kroger said is aimed at driving purchasing efficiencies, lower costs and combined resources. 

Kroger’s Simple Truth Emerge: Plant Based Fresh Meats collection features patties and grinds that grinds offer the same taste, texture and sizzle on the grill or pan as beef, the company said.

Kroger delivered solid results from its fiscal third quarter and offered an update on its Restock Kroger efforts. 

Kroger unveiled a new logo and universal tagline it will use across all its brands and marketing materials.

Kroger will unveil living produce farms, created in collaboration with Infarm, at two QFC banner locations in the Seattle area.

Kroger has opened a two-level store, which houses its first-ever food hall — On The Rhine Eatery — with five different eateries.

The ranks of retailers revising their policies on customers bringing guns into their stores are growing, with CVS Health, Kroger and Walgreens asking non-law enforcement customers in open-carry states not to bring their guns into stores.

Faced with what some have said is the survival of their overall business concept, many traditional food and drug retailers are rethinking their store formats and operations, and stepping up their omnichannel efforts.

The companies have added the Knoxville, Tenn., area as a new proving ground for Kroger Express and Kroger Pickup within Walgreens stores, as well as Walgreens own-brand health and beauty products in Kroger stores.

Just is bringing its plant-based Just Egg product to 2,100 Kroger-owned locations across the country.

Kroger is piloting digital photo printing kiosks from Print Mates, a subsidiary of Generation Next, in five Atlanta-area stores.

Shoppers can find RightRice's vegetable rice in the original, spinach, lemon pepper and Thai curry flavors in the retailer's rice aisle.