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Kroger Co. has agreed to reimburse Lake County more than $460,000 after it decided to close a Groveland plant the county had supported with a hefty incentive package.

Under the termination agreement the company signed, Kroger must reimburse $460,714.53 to the county by Dec. 31, an amount representing incentive and impact fee rebates received by Kroger from 2022 to 2024. Kroger will also forgo its 2025 incentive and rebate payments, expected to total about $400,000.

The county hopes to get nearly $900,000 more from a British online grocery company that worked with Kroger to build the Groveland facility and was also provided county incentives, but no deal has been reached with that firm yet.

Kroger announced on Nov. 18 that it would be closin

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