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Explore Our Heritage
Since 1883, The Kroger Co. has grown from a small store in downtown Cincinnati to become one of America's largest grocery retailers. Follow our rich heritage using our timeline. Page through the years using the navigation below:

  1883 - 1925   1928-1955   1959 - 1977   1978-1990   1991 - Present  

1991
Lyle Everingham retires from Kroger.
1993
Kroger celebrates 110 years in the grocery business.
1995
David Dillon is promoted to President & Chief Operating Officer of The Kroger Co.
1998
Kroger announces plan to merge with Fred Meyer, Inc., creating one of the nation's largest supermarket companies.
1999
Kroger merges with Fred Meyer, Inc. in a $13 billion deal that creates the nation's largest retail grocery company.
1999
Named "Grocery Distributor of the Year" by America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest food bank network. Kroger donated 19 million pounds of product valued at $32 million.
1999
Kroger named one of America's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" by Business Ethics, a national publication honoring corporate social responsibility. -and- Sales top $50 billion for the first time in company history.
1999
David B. Dillon promoted to Chief Executive Officer after Joseph A. Pichler announces plans to retire.