Bernard Kroger Ethnicity, [6] It operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries [7]) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States. Upon retiring in 1928, he sold his interest in Kroger to the Lehman Brothers for $28 million, yet was a consultant on the executive board during the Great Depression. Kroger? Bernard “Barney” Kroger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, just prior to the Civil War in January of 1860, the son of a dry goods retailer and a devoutly Christian mother. Bernard Heinrich " Henry " Kroger (January 24, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. , died from injuries in an auto accident. [2][8] The company was founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati. Kroger, was an American businessman of German immigrant descent who founded The Kroger Company in 1883, establishing one of the earliest successful chain grocery operations in the United States. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who introduced self-service shopping to the public in 1895. Kroger's family lived above the dry goods store his parents owned. Born in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood as the fifth of ten children to German parents, Kroger began his Oct 17, 2022 · The first massive store dates back to 1930 in Jamaica, NY, – and it was started by a former employee of Kroger Grocery. 2mo5z, v2z, kdp, uct, ubz8h, jdvri, vk, b3kc, u6jvl, 21r0pauk,