KROGER

CINCINNATI — Kroger on Thursday reported net earnings of $0.53 per diluted share and a decline in identical supermarket sales, without fuel, of 0.7% for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 28.  For the fiscal year, net earnings were $2.05 per diluted share and identical supermarket sales growth, without fuel, was 1%.  

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Kroger’s longest-tenured employee is ready to pass on that mantel. Larry Arnold, 79, a Kroger associate for 63 years, will retire at the end of February.

Arnold, currently a dairy clerk at Pickerington Marketplace in Ohio, started with the company in 1953, when a week before his 16th birthday he accepted a job as a clerk at the former Market Street store in Zanesville, Ohio.

SOUTHPORT, Conn. — Walmart, Kroger, Target, Walgreens, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Ahold USA, Cardinal Health and CVS Health were all named as top 50 U.S. corporations for inclusion by Omnikal (formerly Diversity Business). The Omni50 is a listing of the top 50 corporate and government buyers of products and services from an inclusive supply chain throughout the country.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Little Clinic, introduced “We’ll Hold Your Spot,” an online tool that allows consumers to reserve a spot in line before they get to a clinic.

The wholly-owned subsidiary of Kroger launched this service at 215 of its clinics located inside select Kroger, Dillons, Fry’s, Jay C and King Soopers in 10 states.

CINCINNATI — Kroger announced earlier this week that all of its Ohio pharmacies will be partnering with the state’s first lady, Karen Kasich, in February to highlight the importance of maintaining good heart health.
 

DALLAS  — Kroger's Dallas division now offers the opioid overdose reversal medication Narcan (naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray 4mg at its 101 pharmacies in the region, the company announced Monday afternoon.