Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Kroger
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol KR)
Headquartered in:
Ohio
Major Industry:
retailing
Specific Industry:
retail-supermarkets
Penalty total since 2000:
$115,608,561
Number of records:
197
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| competition-related offenses | $70,000,000 | 1 |
| employment-related offenses | $29,125,030 | 45 |
| healthcare-related offenses | $13,225,000 | 2 |
| safety-related offenses | $2,083,916 | 121 |
| environment-related offenses | $804,849 | 23 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| fraud | $70,000,000 | 1 |
| employment discrimination | $24,199,308 | 10 |
| Controlled Substances Act violation | $13,225,000 | 2 |
| wage and hour violation | $3,303,244 | 14 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $1,640,916 | 116 |
Notes:
Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
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Individual Penalty Records:
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| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency |
Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralphs Grocery Company | fraud | 2006 | USAO | $70,000,000 |
| Kroger Company | employment discrimination | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| King Soopers | Controlled Substances Act violation | 2005 | USAO | $13,000,000 |
| Ralphs Grocery | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $6,550,000 |
| Ralph's | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,049,000 |
| Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2014 | EEOC | $487,500 |
| Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2008 | EEOC | $485,000 |
| Kroger Texas | employment discrimination | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $451,308 |
| The Kroger Company | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $444,000 |
| King Soopers, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2009 | NLRB | $411,002 |
| Kroger Company | tobacco litigation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $325,000 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | consumer protection violation | 2004 | CA-AG | $225,000 |
| Kroger Limited Partnership and Kroger Pharmacy | Controlled Substances Act violation | 2019 | USAO | $225,000 |
| Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc. | employment screening violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $156,450 |
| FRED MEYER | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $147,940 |
| Kroger # 412 | environmental violation | 2014 | TN-ENV | $144,735 |
| Fred Meyer, Inc. d/b/a Southwest Distribution Center | labor relations violation | 2000 | NLRB | $116,480 |
| FRED MEYER, INC. | environmental violation | 2001 | OR-ENV | $104,572 |
| Ralph's Market #743 | labor relations violation | 2009 | NLRB | $100,000 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | labor relations violation | 2015 | NLRB | $91,774 |
| The Kroger Co. (Cincinnati) | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $87,000 |
| Food 4 Less | wage and hour violation | 2003 | CA-LCO | $85,000 |
| The Kroger Co. | environmental violation | 2020 | CA-ARB | $83,640 |
| SMITH'S FOOD & DRUG CENTER #388 | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $80,200 |
| Dillon Companies, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2011 | EEOC | $80,000 |
| FRED MEYER | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $71,053 |
| Ralphs Grocery Co. | consumer protection violation | 2011 | CA-LACA | $67,600 |
| KROGER COMPANY | aviation safety violation | 2017 | FAA | $60,000 |
| COUNTRY OVEN BAKERY | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $57,400 |
| Fred Meyer, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2006 | NLRB | $57,000 |
| Roundy's Supermarkets | labor relations violation | 2007 | NLRB | $52,000 |
| Food 4 Less | wage and hour violation | 2004 | CA-LCO | $51,000 |
| ROUNDY'S SUPERMARKETS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $45,268 |
| FRED MEYER | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $45,062 |
| Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc | consumer protection violation | 2006 | WI-DATC | $44,576 |
| Kroger Limited Partnership I, Delta Division | employment discrimination | 2015 | EEOC | $42,500 |
| Kroger | labor relations violation | 2002 | NLRB | $40,000 |
| Kroger | employment discrimination | 2019 | EEOC | $40,000 |
| THE KROGER COMPANY BAKERY | environmental violation | 2004 | EPA | $37,985 |
| Dillon Companies | environmental violation | 2019 | CO-DPHE | $36,225 |
| FRED MEYER | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $35,760 |
| KROGER CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $35,000 |
| Pace Dairy Foods | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $35,000 |
| RALPH'S GROCERY CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $34,275 |
| Kroger Company | employment discrimination | 2016 | EEOC | $33,000 |
| The Kroger Co. | environmental violation | 2017 | VA-ENV | $32,812 |
| Fred Meyer Stores Inc | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $32,500 |
| King Soopers, Inc, | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $31,620 |
| King Soopers, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2017 | NLRB | $31,031 |
| THE KROGER CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $30,489 |
| VITACOST.COM, INC. | aviation safety violation | 2011 | FAA | $30,000 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | employment discrimination | 2020 | EEOC | $30,000 |
| KROGER | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $30,000 |
| KING SOOPERS WESTWOODS DEVELOPMENT | environmental violation | 2004 | EPA | $29,500 |
| COUNTRY OVEN BAKERY | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $29,205 |
| SMITH'S FOOD & DRUG #396 | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $28,220 |
| The Kroger Company, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2005 | WHD | $26,648 |
| SMITH'S FOOD & DRUG #371 | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $26,400 |
| RALPHS GROCERY - STORE 178 | workplace safety or health violation | 2002 | OSHA | $26,250 |
| THE KROGER CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $25,868 |
| RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $25,560 |
| RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $25,120 |
| RALPHS #222 | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $23,700 |
| KPS, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2006 | WHD | $23,140 |
| Kroger Prescription Plans, Inc. | tax violations | 2014 | CT-AG | $22,590 |
| SMITH'S FOOD AND DRUG CENTER #392 | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $22,220 |
| RALPH'S GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $21,935 |
| KROGER | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $20,000 |
| RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $19,450 |
| The Kroger Co. | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $19,000 |
| RALPHS GROCERY CO/FOOD 4 LESS | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $18,720 |
| RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $18,000 |
| THE KROGER COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $16,670 |
| KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $16,320 |
| KROGER | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $16,250 |
| KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I DBA KROGER STORE 763 | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $15,500 |
| SMITH'S FOOD & DRUG #461 | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $15,468 |
| KROGER | workplace safety or health violation | 2009 | OSHA | $15,002 |
| FRED MEYER STORES, INC | aviation safety violation | 2015 | FAA | $15,000 |
| ROUNDY'S ILLINOIS, LLC DBA MARIANO'S FRESH MARKET | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $15,000 |
| KROGER | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $14,300 |
| The Kroger Company | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $14,120 |
| KING SOOPERS # 27 | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $14,000 |
| THE KROGER COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $14,000 |
| KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I STORE 379 | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $13,600 |
| King Soopers | labor relations violation | 2005 | NLRB | $13,500 |
| RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $13,500 |
| DILLON COMPANIES, INC. DBA CITY MARKET #431 | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $13,500 |
| RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $13,500 |
| THE KROGER COMPANY | aviation safety violation | 2013 | FAA | $13,000 |
| THE KROGER COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $12,745 |
| KROGER INC #578 | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $12,400 |
| ROUNDY'S SUPERMARKETS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $12,000 |
| SMITHS FOOD & DRUG CENTERS INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2000 | OSHA | $11,820 |
| Dillon Companies, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $11,640 |
| KROGER | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $11,000 |
| THE KROGER COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $10,814 |
| KROGER #223 | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $10,800 |
| KROGER CO STORE #684 | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $10,600 |
| KROGER CO | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $10,500 |
| FOOD 4 LESS | workplace safety or health violation | 2000 | OSHA | $10,465 |
