On Monday, Kroger Co. announced that it will be filling 10,000 permanent positions this year, reported Reuters. The supermarket chain created 12,000 jobs in 2016.
Though the recently-announced figure is lower than the number of jobs the company added last year, Kroger is jumping on board with a number of other U.S. companies that are publicly forecasting employment numbers as a result of political pressure, noted Reuters.
AutoZone Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are just a few additional companies that have announced measures to generate more jobs within their given companies.
Despite lower projected growth for the year and a 1.1 percent drop in shares yesterday afternoon, Kroger is keeping up with advances in tech among brick-and-mortar stores.
Company spokesman Eric Halvorson recently told the Herald & Review that there are more than 550 Kroger stores across the country that have implemented an online grocery shopping feature. Known as “ClickList,” customers can select grocery items online and store workers will shop for them.
Within a certain window of time, customers then drive to the store location and the bags of food items will be brought out to their cars.
The most recent store to launch the program, in Decatur, Georgia, has been met with much success, according to the source.