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TIL Kroger is the biggest supermarket chain in the US. I thought it would be Walmart.
Walmart is a retailer, because they sell basically everything, while Kroger only sells groceries. I think that's the distinction they're making.
My local Kroger sells clothes, has dressing rooms, has a pharmacy with a clinic, an attached gas station, and has a decent home goods section.
I think most Walmarts don't really sell groceries. Last time I lived near one, it didn't have any produce, which is really the whole point of a grocery store.
Didn't Kroger just buy another chain, though? That might have been what made them the biggest.
every Walmart I've been to has a big grocery section
I think those are the "Superstores." I know in my tiny-ass hometown we had a regular Wal-Mart that was basically just a K-Mart.
Its getting harder and harder to find a regular walmart anymore here in Texas. They seem to be all Supercenters or Neighborhood Markets (only groceries)
https://www.walmart.com/store-directory/tx
I miss my blue light special at KMart 🥲
The div1 walmarts without a grocery are mostly phased out I thought? There are only supercenters (general store + grocery) and neighborhood markets (grocery only) in the adjacent states to me.
Not yet. They are trying to merge with Albertsons which owns lots of local stores like Jewel Osco and Safeway. But they need the merger to be approved by the FDA before it can go through. Their case is supposed to be heard early next year. Let's hope it doesn't go through.
Wouldn't that be the Federal Trade Commission to make that determination?
You're probably right, but I was tired last night when I posted this.
Whoever it is will be sufficiently bribed enough to make it happen.
I haven't seen a Walmart since like 1995 that didn't have a fuck ton of groceries, including produce
Walmart has store classifications which govern how they are built according to the demographics of the area they serve, ie: population, average income, etc.
They are trying to buy Albertson’s. Which sucks since those are the two closest to me and one is far better than the other.
Neighborhood Walmarts are essentially a grocery store. So they do have dedicated grocery stores.