Assessing Kroger’s Stance On DEI [Feb 2025]
Kroger has several public DEI programs, frameworks, and commitments on its website. However, many companies with public DEI profiles like this have started to publicly back off or quietly remove DEI programs in the past few months.
What is the state of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Kroger?
Here’s everything you need to know.
Kroger’s DEI Program
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Kroger’s Core Values
Here are Kroger’s core values: respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
With diversity and inclusion as two of the six core values, it would be hard to picture Kroger backing away from its DEI initiatives.
Recent Job Posts
On February 4, 2025, Kroger posted an HR job opportunity with this responsibility: “Oversee diversity and inclusion initiatives.”
It also posted three other jobs in a similar timeframe in what Kroger calls its “Human Resources/Diversity” department.
These four job posts indicate that DEI programs are still running like normal as of February 2025.
DEI Programs
Kroger has several active, public DEI programs. Here are the main ones:
- Main DEI program: Standing Together
- Goals and Initiatives: Framework for Action
- Supplier program: Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Program
- Brand search tool: Supporting Black Owned Businesses & Entrepreneurs
Kroger hasn’t made any recent changes to their DEI-related web pages.
Summary
Kroger is standing by its DEI programs, goals, and team.
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