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The Ohio Grocery Store That Quickly Spread Across America By Kat Olvera Nov. 4, 2025 5:20 pm EST

The oldest grocery store chain in America got its start in Ohio and has been growing since the late 1800s: Kroger. At one point, the company even had a whopping 5,575 stores. This impressive success and expansion came from the company offering a variety of products under one roof. Instead of needing to shop at different stores for bread, meat, and pantry goods, customers could make one stop at Kroger. While the number of locations is now lower at 2,700 stores under either the Kroger moniker or a variety of other names like Ralphs, the company still continues to offer one-stop shopping for everything from groceries to jewelry to gasoline. Now, almost 150 y

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