Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bernard Heinrich "Henry" Kroger (January 24, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who introduced self-service shopping to the public in 1895.
In 2021, McMullen's salary was listed at $1.34 million, while the median employee salary at Kroger that year was a bit more than $24,000. This indicates McMullen makes 5,348 percent of the median salary, which is one of the largest wage gaps in America. [10] His total compensation for 2021 was $18 million. [11]
In 1883, 23-year-old Bernard Kroger, the fifth of ten children of German immigrants, invested his life savings of $372 (equivalent to $12,164 in 2023) to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. [17]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
C. H. Robinson Worldwide – Charles Henry Robinson; C&A – Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer; Cabela's – Dick Cabela; Cadbury – John Cadbury; Cadillac – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan
JayC was founded in 1863 by Swiss immigrant John C. Groub, who, with his wife Elizabeth, opened the chain's first store on South Chestnut Street in the city of Seymour. The success of the business allowed them to move to larger premises in 1871 and add a wholesale department. [citation needed] Profits by 1885 had reached US$80,000. John C ...
Fred G. Meyer (February 21, 1886 – September 2, 1978) [3] was an American businessman who founded the Oregon-based Fred Meyer store chain, which had 63 stores in four western states at the time of his death.
Bernard Kroger establishes the first Kroger grocery store, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The first purebred Percheron (horse) stud book is created in France. ASEA is founded by Ludvig Fredholm in Sweden, predecessor of the global electronic equipment and engineering business ABB. [8] Founding of: Houghton College in New York State; Wagner College in New ...