Kroger plans to cut 3,000 corporate jobs over three years
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Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate positions over the next three years as the supermarket chain expands its use of artificial intelligence and restructures how work is handled, according to an internal employee memo reported by several outlets.
The reductions amount to more than a third of Kroger’s roughly 8,200-person corporate workforce, Fast Company reported. The cuts will affect corporate roles rather than jobs in stores or distribution facilities.
“Technology is reshaping what’s possible,” CEO Greg Foran wrote in the Monday memo, according to ABC News. “The way work gets done is changing across every industry; we must adapt and take advantage of technology. We need to adopt capabilities, reduce duplicative work and look closely at where work is best fit to be done.”
Foran also said simplifying Kroger’s operations would allow faster decisions and direct more resources to priority areas, Fast Company reported. Kroger had outlined an AI strategy in September intended to improve customers’ experience, make work easier for employees and produce better business results.
Foran, a former Walmart executive, became Kroger’s CEO in February. Cincinnati-based Kroger employs about 409,000 people and operates more than 2,700 stores under banners including Ralphs, King Soopers, Smith’s and Fred Meyer.
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