Public Company Consumer

Kroger

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

At Kroger, the company serves millions of customers with grocery retail, fuel, and pharmacy offerings, operating thousands of stores across multiple retail brands. Kroger also operates manufacturing and distribution and provides e-commerce and pickup, ship, and delivery options.

Focus Areas
Grocery retail, Food & grocery retail, Packaged food / CPG

Tracked deals

3

3 tracked deals across 2024-2026.

Recent pace

2

2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

1 addon · 1 buyout · 1 growth capital

Kroger Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 2 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 2 years for Kroger. 1 2024 ~3 est. 2 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • The Kroger Co. to Acquire Giant Eagle for $1.65 Billion
    July 1, 2026
    Buyer
    The Kroger Co.
    Target
    Giant Eagle
    Industry
    Retail
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    The Kroger Co. announced a definitive agreement to acquire family-owned grocery and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle in a $1.65 billion deal. Kroger will pay $1.25 billion in cash and assume about $400 million in liabilities, and the companies expect the transaction to close in 2027 after required regulatory approvals and limited store divestitures.

  • MPearlRock Acquires The Good Crisp Company
    January 15, 2026
    Buyer
    MPearlRock, MidOcean Partners, Kroger, 84.51°
    Target
    The Good Crisp Company
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Location
    Colorado, United States
    Type
    Addon

    MPearlRock has acquired The Good Crisp Company, a clean-label salty snack brand founded by Matt Parry, to expand its better-for-you salty snacks platform. The Good Crisp's products are sold in over 20,000 retail doors across the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K.; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • MidOcean Partners and Kroger Launch MPearlRock to Back Emerging CPG Brands
    January 11, 2024
    Buyer
    MidOcean Partners, PearlRock Partners, The Kroger Co.
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Growth capital

    MidOcean Partners, The Kroger Co. and Kroger’s investment platform PearlRock Partners have formed MPearlRock, a strategic investment collaboration to identify and support high-growth consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. MPearlRock will leverage Kroger’s retail distribution and 84.51° data science insights alongside MidOcean’s consumer investing expertise to provide growth capital, distribution, manufacturing and back-office support to brands generally generating $30–$100 million in annual revenue.

Related Acquisition Pages

Food & Beverage Buyers & Acquisitions 2 tracked deals by Kroger. Retail Buyers & Acquisitions 1 tracked deal by Kroger. Acquisitions in Colorado 1 tracked deal by Kroger.

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