Kroger
publicUSAKR
$148B annual revenue
Brands Owned
10
Acquisition Spend
FDA Recalls
133
Fines & Settlements
Lobbying Spend
Brand Portfolio10 brands
FTC / FDA Violations11
2024USDA recallRecall Issued
Taylor Farm - Pacific: Taylor Farms Pacific Recalls Kroger Brand Ready-To-Eat Apple Walnut With Chicken Salad Bowl Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen — Reason: Misbranding, Unreported Allergens — Pounds recalled: 5,941 lbs — Class: Class II — Recall #013-2024
2022USDA recallRecall Issued
: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O26 Contamination — Reason: Product Contamination — Class: Public Health Alert — Recall #PHA-04272022-01
2022FTC actionFTC filed federal lawsuit to block merger (2024); ongoing litigation
FTC filed complaint blocking Kroger's $25B acquisition of Albertsons; FTC argued merger would harm grocery competition and worker bargaining power; divestiture of 500+ stores proposed but rejected; FTC in federal court to block largest US grocery merger
2021USDA recallRecall Issued
Butterball, LLC: Butterball, LLC Recalls Ground Turkey Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination — Reason: Product Contamination — Pounds recalled: 2,455 pounds — Class: Class I — Recall #038-2021
2021USDA recallRecall Issued
Crider, Inc.: Crider Foods Recalls Canned Beef With Gravy Products Due to Possible Unsafe Levels of Lead From Outside Source — Reason: Product Contamination — Pounds recalled: 124,499 pounds — Class: Class II — Recall #037-2021
2020USDA recallRecall Issued
Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Chicken Noodle Soup Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen — Reason: Mislabeling — Class: Public Health Alert — Recall #PHA-05022020
2019USDA recallRecall Issued
Butterball, LLC: Butterball LLC Recalls Turkey Products Due to Possible Salmonella Schwarzengrund Contamination — Reason: Product Contamination — Pounds recalled: 70 pounds — Class: Class I — Recall #030-2019
2019USDA recallRecall Issued
Caito Foods, LLC: Caito Foods LLC. Recalls Salads with Chicken Products due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens — Reason: Misbranding, Unreported Allergens — Pounds recalled: 0 (zero) pounds — Class: Class I — Recall #054-2019
2017FDA warning letterWarning Letter Issued
Warning letter to Kroger Co.: private label food products with undeclared tree nuts; inadequate supplier verification program under FSMA Subpart G
2016USDA recallRecall Issued
: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Imported Chicken Product For Foreign Matter Contamination — Reason: Product Contamination — Class: Public Health Alert — Recall #pha-030716
2014USDA recallRecall Issued
: California Firm Recalls Chicken Products Due to Possible Salmonella Heidelberg Contamination — Reason: Product Contamination — Pounds recalled: 101,302 pounds — Class: Class I — Recall #044-2014
FDA Recalls133 total
2025
[Class II] Admiralty Island Fisheries Inc dba AquaStar (USA) Corp.: Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp, net wt. 2lbs. UPC 011110626196. Product is packaged in clear plastic bag and has a white label with green stripes on top of each
2025
[Class I] Moonlight Packing Corporation: UPC 8 98429 00209 1 PEACHES PRODUCE OF U.S.A. NET WT 2 LB (32 OZ) 907 g DISTRIBUTED BY MOONLIGHT PACKING CORP. REEDLEY, CALIFORNIA 93654 UPC 0 11110 18174 9 PEACHES PRODUCE OF USA NET WT 32 OZ (2 LB) — Potent
2025
[Class II] Admiralty Island Fisheries Inc dba AquaStar (USA) Corp.: Frozen Mercado Kroger Cooked Shrimp - Medium - Peeled - Tail-Off - Shrimp Pieces. 2 lbs. package. Net wt. per case 10lbs. (5x2lb packages per case). UPC 011110626196. — Product may
2025
[Class I] The Kroger Co: Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 217573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 217573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli depar — Store-made deli items
2025
[Class I] The Kroger Co: Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 227573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 227573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli depart — Store-made deli items
2025
[Class I] August Egg Company: --- Shell Eggs; Brown; Various sizes - medium, large, and jumbo; Various pack sizes - 5, 12, 18, and Loose ---- Clover Organic Large Brown 12 eggs --- First Street Cage Free Large Brown Loose (1 ca — Potential contami
2025
[Class I] EGGS UNLIMITED LLC: Big Y Brown Jumbo A 12ct Eggs; UPC: 018894319146 Simple Truth Cage Free Brown Large AA 12ct; UPC: 011110797698 Stater Bros Cage Free Large AA 18ct; 074175001650 That's Smart Cage Free Large AA 60ct; 1 — Firm received, re
2024
[Class II] Treehouse Foods: PICS BY PRICE CHOPPER 6/29.6oz GRDL WFL HSTYLE RF - PRCHP UPC 041735064912 ALWAYS SAVE 12/9.9oz GRDL WFL HSTYLE RF - ASAVE UPC 070038608752 ESSENTIALS 12/9.9oz GRDL WFL HSTYLE RF - ESSEN UPC 607880101 — potential to be con
2024
[Class II] Treehouse Foods: PICS BY PRICE CHOPPER 6/29.6oz GRDL WFL BTRMLK RF - PRCHP UPC 041735064905 FOOD LION 8/12.3oz GRDL WFL BTRMLK RF-FDLIN UPC 035826091468 HANNAFORD 8/12.3oz GRDL WFL BTRMLK RF-HANNA UPC 041268196302 FOO — potential to be con
2024
[Class I] Braga Fresh Foods LLC: Simple Truth Organic, BROCCOLI FLORETS, STEAM IN BAG, 12oz, BEST IF USED BY NOV 08 2024, PRODUCT OF MEXICO — Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. (Recall #F-0427-2025)
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