Company profile

Future of Kroger

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Rank
744
| Quantumrun Global 1000

The Kroger Company, also known as Kroger, is a US retailing company established in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio by Bernard Kroger. It is the biggest supermarket chain by revenue in America ($115.34 billion for the fiscal year 2016), the 2nd-largest general retailer (next to Walmart) and the 23rd-biggest company in America. Kroger is also the 3rd-biggest retailer in the globe and the 3rd biggest private employer in America.

Home Country:
Industry:
Food and Drug Stores
Website:
Founded:
1883
Global employee count:
443000
Domestic employee count:
Number of domestic locations:

Financial Health

Revenue:
$115000000000 USD
3y average revenue:
$111000000000 USD
Operating expenses:
$22399000000 USD
3y average expenses:
$20991000000 USD
Funds in reserve:
$322000000 USD
Market country
Revenue from country
1.00

Asset Performance

  1. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Non perishable
    Product/Service revenue
    57187000000
  2. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Perishable
    Product/Service revenue
    25726000000
  3. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Fuel
    Product/Service revenue
    14802000000

Innovation assets and Pipeline

Global brand rank:
238
Total patents held:
35

All company data collected from its 2016 annual report and other public sources. The accuracy of this data and the conclusions derived from them depend on this publicly accessible data. If a data point listed above is discovered to be inaccurate, Quantumrun will make the necessary corrections to this live page. 

DISRUPTION VULNERABILITY

Belonging to the food and drug store sector means this company will be affected directly and indirectly by a number of disruptive opportunities and challenges over the coming decades. While described in detail within Quantumrun’s special reports, these disruptive trends can be summarized along the following broad points:

*First off, RFID tags, a technology used to track physical goods remotely, will finally lose their cost and technology limitations. As a result, food and drug store operators will begin placing RFID tags on every individual item they have in stock, regardless of price. This is crucial because RFID tech, when coupled with the Internet of Things (IoT), is an enabling technology, allowing the enhanced inventory awareness that will result in precise inventory management, reduced theft, and reduced food and drug spoilage.

*These RFID tags will also enable self-checkout systems that will remove cash registers entirely and simply debit your bank account automatically when you leave a store with items in your grocery cart.

*Robots will operate the logistics inside food and drug warehouses, as well as take over in-store shelf stocking.

*Larger grocery and drug stores will transform, in part or in full, into local shipping and delivery centers that service various food/drug delivery services that deliver food directly to the end customer. By the mid-2030s, some of these stores may also be redesigned to accommodate automated cars that may be used to remotely pick up their owners’ grocery orders.

*The most forward-thinking food and drug stores will sign customers up to a subscription model, connect with their future smart-fridges and then automatically send them food and drug subscription top-ups when the customer runs low at home.

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