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Article: 125 years and beyond: the Kroger Co., which its celebrating is 125th anniversary in 2008, remains a vibrant meat and deli merchandiser.(Cover story)(Company overview)
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- Meat & Deli Retailer
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- March 1, 2008
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The Kroger Co. has come a long way since Barney Kroger in 1883 invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store in downtown Cincinnati.
Kroger, who the company claims was the first grocer in the country to sell meats and groceries under one roof and was an early manufacturer of his own foods, planted the seeds of a supermarket operation that has become one of the country's largest. The Kroger Co. now operates more than 2,500 stores in 31 states under two-dozen banners with annual sales of more than $66 billion.
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