Kroger to Lay Off 1,000 Corporate Employees Amid Store Closures
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What we know
Location: company-wide.
Department affected: corporate (non-store, non-distribution).
A specific layoff date has not been disclosed.
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Kroger announced it will lay off 1,000 employees, all of whom are corporate staff who do not work in stores or distribution centers, as part of cost-cutting and a simplification of its business model. The cuts accompany the company's decision to close dozens of underperforming locations — 60 closures were announced earlier and at least 39 Kroger-owned stores have closed or are slated to close. The layoffs were reported by the Los Angeles Times and come against the backdrop of Kroger's failed merger with Albertsons and broader store consolidation. As of February, Kroger employed about 409,000 people, mostly in retail stores, highlighting that these reductions target corporate roles rather than frontline store staff.
The Kroger Co. cut 1,000 jobs affecting its corporate (non-store, non-distribution) team.
That is roughly 0.2% of the 414,000 people The Kroger Co. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 18 layoff events at The Kroger Co. since March 2025, including 496 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 16 additional events known from news reporting.
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