Kroger Is Cutting 3,000 Corporate Jobs, but Its CEO Didn’t Blame AI

Weeks after the grocery chain hyped up AI-enabled shopping, it announced major job cuts over the next three years in a bid to grow leaner and more agile.

BY BRIAN CONTRERAS, STAFF WRITER @_B_CONTRERAS_

People exit a Kroger grocery store in Houston, Texas. Photo: Getty Images

Late last month, at the food and CPG expo GroceryShop 2026, the supermarket giant Kroger announced what it called its “artificial intelligence strategy”—a plan to expand its current AI efforts and, in doing........

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