Namhlanje, Kroger yenye yezona zinto zithandwayo zokutya kweli lizwe, ezisebenza ngaphezulu kwevenkile ezingama-2,700 kulo lonke elaseMelika, ngokwe Icandelo lokutya . Kodwa nangona sisigebenga kumdlalo wegrosari namhlanje, Kroger kwavela kwisiqalo esithobekileyo. Ngapha koko, ivenkile yokuqala yakwaKroger yayingabizwa ngokuba 'yiKroger' xa yayiqala ishishini.
Ngoku ka IBritannica , into esiyaziyo njengoKroger namhlanje isuka kwivenkile ekuthiwa yiGreat Western Tea Company, neyasekwa nguBernard Kroger kunye no-BA. Branagan ngo-1883 iwebhusayithi yenkampani uxela ukuba uKroger utyale imali yakhe ebomini bakhe ukuvula ivenkile yokuqala e-66 Pearl Street eCincinnati, eOhio. Nangona kunjalo, njenge IBritannica Iingxelo, uKroger wakhawuleza wakwazi ukuthenga isabelo seqabane lakhe kwishishini, kwaye ngo-1885, wayandisile ukuba abe netyathanga leevenkile ezine zokutya. Kodwa ngelixa iivenkile zakwaKroger zanamhlanje ziphethe zonke iintlobo zokutya kwaye zihlala zibandakanya ivenkile ekhemesti kunye neentyatyambo, eyokuqala iKroger ijongeka yahluke kakhulu.
Utshintshe njani uKroger okoko kwavulwa ivenkile yokuqala
Ngokwewebhusayithi kaKroger, iivenkile zokutya ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800 nakwiminyaka yoo-1900s khange zinike ntlobo zivenkile zanamhlanje. Imizekelo emibini elungileyo sisonka nenyama; Ngokwesiqhelo, iivenkile ezithengayo zithenga isonka sazo kumbhaki wangaphandle, ke ngekhe ubone iivenkile ezivenkileni yokubhaka zinika isonka esitsha kunye nokuphathwa. Kwakhona, iivenkile zokuthengisa ngaphambi kwee-1900s bezingayi kuthengisa inyama okanye zibe ne-counter yazo yenyama- endaweni yoko, kuya kufuneka uyeke kwindawo yokuhlalisa inyama ukuze uthathe inyama entsha.
UBernard Kroger wayengowokuqala ukutshintsha oku. Ngo-1901, waba yivenkile yokuqala eMelika ukuvula iivenkile zokubhaka, ngokwewebhusayithi kaKroger. Njengoko IBritannica iingxelo, oku kwabangela ukutshintsha kwegama ngo-1902 ukusuka kwi-Great Western Tea Company yaya kwi-Kroger Grocery kunye ne-Baking Co. Kwathi ngo-1904, uKroger wafumana inkampani yenyama kwaye waseka izinto zokubala inyama zokuqala. Nangona kunjalo, olu tshintsho lwenzekile ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-18 emva kokuba uKroger evule ivenkile yakhe yokuqala, ke ekuqaleni yayijongeka yahluke kakhulu kwiivenkile zokutya zangoku kwaye ayibandakanyi indawo yokubhaka okanye isebe lenyama kude kube kamva. Ivenkile yokuqala yaseKroger inokuthi ivule phantsi kwegama elahlukileyo kwaye ithathe kuphela ukutya okunqongopheleyo, kodwa yanceda yaxhokonxa itsheyini elizweni lonke elisaqondwayo laza lathengwa namhlanje.
