Ignoring Bloomberg and Moms Demand Action, Kroger Continues Record Growth

By David Codrea

“Kroger opened its largest store ever,” the Cincinnati Enquirer reported last week. “The $28 million … 145,000-square-foot store has a bulk natural foods department, a beer growler and wine bar, a baby center, and a pharmacy with two drive-through lanes. The store also has a fuel center and a Fred Meyer Jewelers.” . . .

“The Kroger Co. Friday announced a $433 million second quarter profit, a 24.8 percent increase from the same period a year ago,” the Enquirer also reported. “The company raised its profit and sales forecast for the year, prompting the stock to close at $37.29, up 5.3 percent or $1.89. The increase marked the Cincinnati-based supermarket retailer’s 47th straight quarter of rising market share.”

What does that news have to do with the reason readers come to The Truth About Guns? AWR Hawkins of Breitbart made an initial connection for us last December.

“In mid-August [2014] Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launched a campaign pressuring Kroger to bar law-abiding citizens from openly carrying guns for self-defense in their stores,” Hawkins reminded us. “On that day Kroger subsidiary grocer Fred Meyer said it would not change its policies …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns