Kroger has secret shopper profiles on millions of its grocery customers. They may be affecting what consumers pay for goods.

But many Kroger shoppers we spoke to don’t know that this information is even collected by the grocery chain. "It’s bad enough that personalized grocery discounts could mean you pay more than ...

In Illinois, a domestic labor shortage and costly migrant workers deter farmers from growing fruits and vegetables.

Mayor-elect Jimmy Stokes will be the city's first African American mayor and first new mayor in over a decade.

The ratio of former CEO Rodney McMullen's pay to the median Kroger worker pay, as required to be reported by the government, ...

Among Kroger’s 12 top executives, four are women and two have critical operations experience that might put them in the ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Median worker saw pay climb amid executive shuffle In 2024, the typical Kroger worker's pay rose $2,900, climbing 9% in 2024 to $34,213.

Kroger paid former ... from his previous year’s pay, according to a corporate filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A year before, the former CEO of the nation's largest ...

Kroger officials declined to comment ... One caveat: senior Walmart executives are expensive; McKenna’s pay when she left Walmart was nearly $14 million annually. (McMullen's last annual pay ...