KROGER SLASHING 3,000 MORE AMERICANS TODAY AS THEY OUTSOURCE JOBS TO INDIA Greg Foran became Kroger CEO on February 9, 2026. He ran Walmart US from 2014 to 2019. In 2016 he pulled accounting and invoicing out of every store and erased 7,000 back office jobs. In 2018 Walmart handed its finance and accounting operations to Genpact, a firm with most of its workforce in India. NOW HE IS USING THE SAME PLAYBOOK TO CUT JOBS AT KROGER On his first earnings call in March, Kroger announced the Indian “Global Capability Center." CFO David Kennerley told investors it would "streamline decision-making, improve productivity and increase the speed at which we execute." In July, consultant Brittain Ladd, citing people inside Kroger, reported the center is in India and the target is $500M a year in labor savings. At $87,500 per offshored role, that is roughly 5,700 US jobs. 3,000 MORE OF THEM CAME TODAY His memo to employees today: “Our business is becoming leaner, more focused and more competitive. This transformation will also result in fewer roles across the company, which means we will reduce our corporate workforce across many functions.” Code for, fuck your job, I can get it done cheaper in India. Just look at what Foran has done with his executives. Jamie Lancaster, Global VP of the Kroger Capability Center, out in May. Tim Massa, Chief Associate Experience Officer, out. Valerie Jabbar and Joe Kelley, SVPs of Retail Divisions, out. Foran replaced them with Walmart people. Mark Ibbotson is now Chief Store Operations Officer. Nate Faust is Chief E-commerce Officer. Both worked at Walmart with Foran. Both know how to help Foran outsource American jobs.