> Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate roles, replace with AI, memo shows

Oct 12 (Reuters) - Kroger (KR.N), opens new tab plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, CEO ​Greg Foran told staff in a memo, ‌seen by Reuters on Monday, as the grocer integrates AI into its workflow.

Kroger should reduce duplicative work and adapt with ​technology, Foran wrote in the memo, adding that the job ​cuts would help the company cut prices ⁠and invest in in-store employees.

Details on the job cuts, which ​would ⁠affect about 37% of its 8,200 corporate employees, would be shared in the coming months, Foran said in ⁠the ​memo.
Bloomberg News first reported on ​the job cuts on Monday.

In June last year, the company cut about 1,000 corporate roles.

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