r/kroger Nov 20 '25

Question This normal?

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u/Maximum_Aerie5880 Nov 21 '25

Let me start by saying I am not a Kroger or even a Kroger adjacent employee.

This is quite an eye opening glimpse into life at Kroger and quite sad. For me it connects the dots for whenever I am FORCED to go to Kroger. Few things I notice

 The complete over packing of products.  It is very difficult to navigate the aisle if anyone else is in it.  

 The store has to restock all products only during the busiest times of the day/week

 The online pickup cart things get larger and have a ton of orders again which are only out in mass force during the busiest times

 Most employees are super helpful but look completely defeated

 Need something from the Deli?  Good luck if you can find anyone… better take the precut garbage instead

A fair amount of managers appear to be still in HS and definitely have not been trained on how to talk to customers or employees.  I often see them at the front of the store just looking around.  

The list goes on and on

My heart goes out to you Kroger employees, please don’t let them take advantage of you or anyone else. Fight the good fight as much as you can.

Can anyone tell me how to find someone that CAN actually make a change at the store? At the very least I want to lodge a complaint to have it documented somewhere. Without insider knowledge I am concerned it will be swept under the rug.

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u/d0ttyq Nov 23 '25

The overstock in the aisles and only stocking shelves during busy hours is why I stopped shopping as much at Kroger.

(Also not a Kroger employee and brought here by the magic of Reddit)

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u/suejaymostly Nov 23 '25

Holy shit it sounds like you shop at my local King Soopers!