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Kroger (NYSE: KR) has announced its Father's Day campaign, offering various ways to celebrate dads through thoughtful gestures and special offers. The retailer is promoting several celebration ideas including grilling supplies, bakery items, and gift options. Key offerings include grilling essentials with recipes available on The Fresh Lane blog, bakery selections featuring various donuts, and gift baskets combining hot sauces with beverages. The company is also offering a 4X fuel points promotion on gift card purchases from June 4-17. Kroger emphasizes its commitment to value with reduced prices on over 1,000 items, weekly digital coupons worth $600+, and their Fresh & Quality Guarantees program.

Home Chef, a Kroger subsidiary, announces new summer product launches at Kroger stores nationwide. The centerpiece is a limited-time Pickle Pizza collaboration with Grillo's Pickles, featuring mozzarella cheese, hot pickle chips, pulled pork, red onions, and BBQ sauce on wood-fired style crust, priced at $7.99 and available until Labor Day. The company also introduced an upgraded Classic Seasoned Fresh Roasted Chicken with enhanced seasoning blend, priced at $7.99. Coming in mid-July, Home Chef will launch Mexican-inspired heat-and-eat options including Cilantro-Lime Chicken and Pork Carnitas Burritos, plus a Chicken Quesadilla with red salsa.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) launches a limited-time Summer in a Pint ice cream collection featuring four vacation-inspired flavors: Italian Style Summer Fizz, Fireside Nights, Sandy Shores, and Poolside Tan Lines. To celebrate the summer solstice on June 20, 2025, Kroger will give away 92,000 free pints of ice cream (1,000 pints for each day of summer) through FreeKrogerIceCream.com. Customers can download a single-use digital coupon redeemable from June 20 through July 4. Additionally, Kroger offers a $1 off promotion when purchasing two Kroger Brand ice cream pints during the same period. The promotion excludes stores in CA, CO, LA, TN, NV, and banner stores Mariano's, Metro Market, Pick 'n Save, and QFC.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) has unveiled its summer beauty product lineup, featuring affordable alternatives to popular beauty items and exclusive brands. The company is highlighting a complete summer skincare and makeup routine including cleansers, moisturizers, sunscreens, and cosmetics. Key offerings include Kroger-branded dupes for high-end products, such as their Foaming Face Wash, Hydrating Facial Moisture Water Gel, and various sunscreen options. The retailer has partnered with brands like MCoBeauty and Nude by Nature for exclusive products. Kroger emphasizes value with lower prices on over 1,000 items storewide and more than $600 in weekly digital coupons, maintaining their Fresh & Quality Guarantees while offering competitive pricing.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) has been awarded the 2025 Gold Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health for the fourth consecutive year by Mental Health America (MHA). The company earned a perfect score (100%) in the holistic wellness at work category for its comprehensive mental health support programs and workplace culture initiatives. This prestigious certification, awarded to only 40% of employers, evaluates companies based on their mental health services, wellness initiatives, paid time off, and professional development programs.

The recognition highlights Kroger's commitment to creating a mentally healthy workplace environment for its associates through various benefits and support systems. MHA, founded in 1909, introduced the Bell Seal certification in 2019 to recognize organizations that prioritize workplace mental health.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) has been named among the 2025 Axios Harris Poll 100, a prestigious ranking of America's most visible and trusted companies. The recognition highlights Kroger's commitment to providing affordable food and creating meaningful careers. Through its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste impact plan, Kroger has contributed $1.5 billion to hunger relief and rescued 815 million pounds of surplus fresh food, providing over 3.9 billion meals to communities since 2017. The company is currently organizing Kroger Community Days, aiming to pack more than three million meals this year with volunteers.

Additionally, Kroger has received multiple workplace recognitions, including awards from the American Association of People with Disabilities, Disability:IN™, Handshake, Mogul, Newsweek, and Computerworld, highlighting its commitment to diversity and workplace excellence.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) is offering a Memorial Day grilling bundle that feeds 16 people for as little as $3.50 per person. The bundle includes Kroger Brand beef burgers, Oscar Mayer hot dogs, buns, potato salad, baked beans, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies. The company highlights its commitment to military families, noting it has hired over 50,000 veterans in the past decade and is the largest cumulative donor to the USO in its 82-year history. Kroger is currently offering lower prices on more than 1,000 items storewide, along with over $600 in weekly digital coupons.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) has announced plans to hire 15,000 new associates across various roles including cashiers, baggers, deli bakery clerks, pharmacy technicians, and delivery drivers. The company offers comprehensive benefits including competitive wages, healthcare, retirement, and up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement for both part-time and full-time employees. Kroger has been recognized for its workplace excellence, earning accolades for diversity, disability inclusion, and IT workplace quality. The company has invested over $64 million in education programs, with 90% of recipients being hourly associates. Additional benefits include financial coaching, employee assistance programs, flexible scheduling, and various discounts.

Kroger (KR) has partnered with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for a fundraising campaign in North Texas and Louisiana to support The Dare to Dream Project. The initiative runs from May 14 to June 3, 2025 across 110 Kroger stores, allowing customers to donate at checkout. The project aims to develop safer, less toxic treatments for pediatric blood cancer patients and provide free support resources for families.

Currently, only 5% of cancer drugs are approved for first-time use in children, and 80% of childhood cancer survivors develop chronic health issues from treatment. LLS has launched significant initiatives including the first pediatric AML Data Commons platform and the LLS PedAL Master Clinical Trial, which matches patients to treatments based on their cancer's unique tumor biology.