Kroger Company

October 30, 2007: BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. today announced he has joined the Attorneys General of 41 other states and Guam in an agreement with Kroger Co. to help stop tobacco sales to youth.

Kroger, one of the nation’s largest retailers, has 2,468 supermarkets in 31 states under two dozen banners and 779 convenience stores in 15 states under 5 banners. All but 92 of the convenience stores are company-owned. There are several stores operating under the name of Kroger in Louisiana.    » read more »

Largest grocery chain to implement measures to ensure restrictions on sales to minors

October 25, 2007 -- AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 42 state attorneys general reached an agreement with Kroger Co. to halt underage tobacco sales. Under the agreement announced today, that nation’s largest grocery chain must implement comprehensive in-store programs to prohibit the sale of tobacco products to minors.    » read more »

41 States & Guam Sign Agreement with One of Nation's Largest Grocery Chains

October 25, 2007 -- Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers today announced the filing of a settlement agreement with Kroger Company, one of the nation's largest chains of grocery stores, to curb tobacco sales to minors. Named in an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) filed today in Marion County Circuit Court is Kroger Company of Ohio. The AVC admits no law violation.    » read more »

Multistate Agreement Covers 128 Kroger Stores in Washington

October 23, 2007 -- Seattle – Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced an agreement with Kroger Co., the nation’s largest grocery chain. Under the agreement, Kroger will implement comprehensive youth prevention practices to reduce the sale of tobacco products to minors at its 128 Washington locations operating under the QFC and Fred Meyer banners.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Utah teens can cross off Smith’s, Smith’s Market Place and City Market as places to try and get a pack of smokes. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced today that Kroger Co., the parent company of 48 stores in Utah, has agreed to enforce strict measures to keep tobacco from minors.

“Utah and other states have been working since 2000 to keep cigarettes from kids. As more retailers sign the agreements, more children have a better opportunity to grow up without smoking,” says Shurtleff.    » read more »

Includes Turkey Hill Minit Markets

October 23, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - The nation's largest grocery chain, Kroger Co., today joined with the attorneys general of 41 states and Guam in an agreement to help reduce the sale of cigarettes and tobacco to minors.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Carson City, NV – Nevada Attorney General Masto today announced she has joined the Attorneys General of 41 other states and Guam in an agreement with Kroger Co. to curb tobacco sales to minors. Kroger is the nation’s largest grocery chain with 2,468 supermarkets in 31 states under two dozen banners and 779 convenience stores in 15 states under 5 banners. All but 92 of the convenience stores are company-owned. There are 55 stores in Nevada operating under the names of Food 4 Less and Smith’s.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Chicago - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that teenagers under the age of 18 should find it more difficult to purchase cigarettes from the nation's largest grocery chain due to a settlement that Madigan's office and 41 other Attorneys General have reached with the Kroger Company.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- (Boise) – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden today announced an agreement with The Kroger Company to reduce unlawful tobacco sales to minors at its 14 Idaho stores. The agreement applies to Kroger’s 2,468 supermarkets in 31 states and 779 convenience stores in 15 states. Kroger owns the Fred Meyer and Smith’s stores in Idaho.    » read more »