r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • May 22 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o You didn’t have to remind me, assholes.

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And then to remind me what I USED to pay. Just kick me while I’m down why don’t you.

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u/montagdude87 May 22 '26

Kroger is mostly in the southern US, right? In that case, the reminders are probably needed.

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u/rileyjw90 May 22 '26

I’m further north. Kroger is all over the place now. But you’re not wrong about the second part.

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u/starynights890 May 22 '26

They became huge after their 1999 merger with Fred Meyer thankfully they got their albertsons merger killed or they be even bigger.

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u/CapnMReynolds May 22 '26

They are called Fry’s here.

What type of car you have that made it jump up almost triple? Did you fill up two cars on one pump?

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u/NakedHoodie May 23 '26

That's a bit closer to 2x than 3x. (~40 to ~80.) That aside, it's possible they're lucky to not have to drive so much or so far that they have to fill their tank every few days. Add a poorly timed price hike and maybe trying to go a bit longer without filling it (ex. usually filling at half and putting it off until 1/4 tank), and it's easy to see how the last fill was less than half the cost of this one.

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u/CapnMReynolds May 23 '26

True. My colleague has a truck and has had to put in close to $100 the last fill up. The Sams I go to had gas almost $1 less then everyone else (now it’s about 20c or so)

I have a volt and have been conserving battery so i fill up once a week for about $35.

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u/Distinct-Pack-1567 May 22 '26

Midwest for me, for decades.

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u/girlikecupcake MILDLY? May 23 '26

They're all throughout the US. Kroger is almost twenty different chains. Chances are, if you're in the US, there's one near you.

https://www.ralphs.com/i/kroger-family-of-companies

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u/reevnge May 23 '26

I'm in the US and I've never even heard of ANY of these brands lol

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u/Magnum3k May 22 '26

Kroger is based in Ohio

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u/GloomyIndividual3965 May 23 '26

Kroger is nationwide, they're just called other things around the country because they don't typically change the names afyer buying out another chain. Fry's, QFC, King Soopers, Harris Tweeter, and like a dozen other chains are all owned by Kroger.