New Kroger “Concept” Store to Hire 300 in Arkansas

Supermarket chain Kroger will invest $125 million in a new store in Little Rock, Arkansas, creating 300 jobs.

The “concept store” will feature a jewelry store, a bistro, a sushi bar, a cheese shop, a gas station, housewares, toys, school & office supplies, furniture, home decor and bed & bath merchandise.

Hiring will begin in a few months, and up to 50 people will be hired in the first wave. The store opens in mid-2010.

The Kroger Company is an American retail supermarket chain, founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported over US$70 billion in sales during fiscal year 2008, and is currently the second-largest grocery retailer in the country by volume.

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