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Company Profile
The Kroger Co., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer in the United States. The company also manufactures and processes food for sale in its supermarkets. It operates supermarkets in various formats. It operates supermarkets in various formats. The company's combination food and drug stores (combo stores) that operate as food stores consist of natural food and organic sections, pharmacies, general merchandise, pet centers, and perishables, such as fresh seafood and organic produce. Its multi-department stores sell general merchandise items comprising apparel, home fashion and furnishings, electronics, automotive products, toys, and fine jewelry. The company's marketplace stores include full-service grocery and pharmacy departments, as well as general merchandise area that includes outdoor living products, electronics, home goods, and toys. Its price impact warehouse stores offer grocery, health, and beauty care items, as well as meat, dairy, baked goods, and fresh produce items. In addition, the company operates fuel centers- and convenience stores that offer limited assortment of staple food items and general merchandise, as well as sell gasoline. As of January 29, 2011, the company operated 2,460 supermarkets and multi-department stores, 1,014 of which had fuel centers under two dozen banners, including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs, and Smith's, as well as operated 784 convenience stores and 361 fine jewelry stores. The company was founded in 1883 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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