Kroger

Holy crap! As a grocery store goes, this place is very nice. If they don’t have it adds are you probably can’t find it anywhere else. That being said the high point of this place is the beer and wine bar. They have 12 rotating taps and the most expensive pint is $ 5 (most are $ 4). Come for the groceries, stay for the delicious beer! And you can get a cheese plate or a pizza in the bar!

Wow this Kroger is huge! Besides the normal food and grocery, you can get clothing and toys The food court area is awesome — you can get wine by the glass; made to order sandwich, BBQ, burrito bowls, pizza, sushi, Chinese food bowls … Of course there’s also a star bucks and a jewelry store inside lol.

I really love this store… Great selection, right by my house, new, clean. Then this morning I was at the deli witnessing an argument between several co-​workers that was utterly cringeworthy and terribly inappropriate. Some woman who seemed important-​ish kept pointing at me (from three feet away) and making faces to the others to get them to stop. They threw some «screw you lady» eye rolls my way and kept on going. Nice stuff Kroger. HR fail!

I should offer a disclaimer: I’ve only actually shop INSIDE the store once, but I’m giving five stars for the new clicklist service.
Good job Kroger — clicklist is a stay-​at-​home mom’s dream come true! Let me explain. You order your groceries online ahead of time and still get sale prices. You set up an hour window of a pick up time. A Kroger employee shops for you. You show up during your allotted time, ring a bell. They bring your groceries to your vehicle and load them. They come to your window and let you pay with cash or a credit card. They explain to you anything that was out of stock and typically substitute it with a better item and no extra charge if it’s available.
Do you know how much saving hours of time costs? Oh yes, and don’t forget it completely saves my sanity because I avoid taking three kids ages five and under with me. What is the cost, you ask, of not having to chase the five-​year-​old down the aisle while wheeling around two other kids and a pantry full of food — opening boxes along the way just to try to keep them from eating each other and screaming at random strangers?
$ 4.95. That’s right. Less than five dollars. Less than one hour of minimum-​wage for someone else to do what would cost me hours and A separate budget for headache medication. The service is awesome.
On the other hand, you can tell they are still working out the glitches on the website and training people. When I’ve been missing items, had bad produce or had a strange substitution, I’ve been able to call and get money credited back to my Kroger card or had an item added to my next order. The people in the click list department have been wonderful to work with.
My local Kroger doesn’t have the service yet, so I drive 20 minutes to the store and back because it’s worth it.
The one time I went inside, the store was big, new, clean and nice. I did have two kids with me and they had the little carts kids could push. My five-​year-​old loved it and he was able to help me shop. I push the cart with the baby carrier in it. He pushed the food in his little cart. Day saver!

This is definitely the best Kroger around! Stopped by for a beer flight and a pizza. It was $ 10 total! This was a grand opening sale. Delicious! The produce is also very fresh and has a humongous cheese section! I have found the Kroger employees to be very knowledgeable, kind, and helpful! There’s a gentleman in the bread section who is so nice and thoughtful. He is often there on Sundays and gives out tastings of different kinds of bread. I usually end up buying one of the loaves… Delicious! So excited that the 2^nd biggest Kroger is only 5 minutes from our house! Woohoo!

Newest and largest Kroger marketplace. Huge prepared foods section. My initial impression was one of them trying to create an atmosphere where folks come to eat/​drink not necessarily while grocery shopping. Still, I’m not hating on it. Very very nice. Tap selection is Rhinegeist heavy (which is also ok) and plenty of wines. I did not partake in any tastings this trip.
I should mention that I didn’t feel the produce selection was very large or well stocked. I went on Saturday morning which should be primetime and yet most greens were either out or down to one or two remaining (at 9am on Saturday?!) needless to say that’s disappointing. I don’t care how much glitz and glamour you have, if you can’t stock red cabbage or green leaf, don’t pretend to be a supermarket. I think the Newport Kroger will still hold the top spot for weekly trips but this is a nice alternative to whole foods in the Oakley/​Norwood area.

The 5 star rating is well-​deserved because of the layout at this brand new, nice store. Also, I felt they deserved it because of the online shopping. Yes, online shopping – my new favorite thing at Kroger.
For anyone who is not familiar with Kroger Online Shopping, I highly suggest you check it out – especially if you are super busy. I have used it a few times already, and it is very convenient. Select your groceries online, set a pickup time, show up at your pickup time (an hour window), and then proceed to pay for your groceries. They bring them out to you and everything!
From what I understand, this is a new feature that they are rolling out at a lot of the newer stores. Personally, I feel that online shopping and/​or grocery delivery is the wave of the future.
I will be doing this on the regular.

I was excited to visit the new Kroger Marketplace in Oakley. This store is massive. In the front of the store to to the left of the entrance was a starbuck’s coffee stand. There was several cafeteria food stations. Most were closing so I did not get to try anything. The salad bar was fresh and clean in appeaarance. The aisle are plenty wide. The layout of the store is spacious with a lot of variety in food choices. The wine section has an abundant selection. The prices for food were comparable to other Kroger stores. Because the store is so big the selections are endless. The cereal aisle had many choices other than the standard fare.
The most impressive about the store was the home décor, clothes and costume jewelry. These areas had up to 40% of sale of many items and clothing. There is a Fred Meijer Jewelry store. I feel the store is a better than other grocery stores in that it has a wider selection of specialty items related to food choices. The clothing and accessories departments had better quality choices compared to similar stores.
They only had one line open open other than self check out. I prefer to check out with a person. Overall impression was favorable. I would say it was worth the 30 minute drive to explore the biggest Kroger in the country. Everyone should see this place at least once.

Staff is helpful; nice vegan foods selection (it’s all integrated versus being in a separate corner for natural foods). They could always improve their vegan cheese selection (they need to carry Chao) and more Field Roast products (like their deli slices). Not a lot of vegan sushi options at this store though. The vegetarian (green leaf) section usually has vegan foods. A banner saying not just vegetarian but also vegan for certain aisles would’ve been helpful. For example, I think almost all the products in the vegetarian section in the butter/​dairy aisle are vegan, yet that vegan section is marked as vegetarian, which is confusing since the butter/​dairy right next to it is already vegetarian. Biggest complaint is about people with giant SUVs, trucks, and old cars (all non-​hybrid or non-​electric vehicles) parked in the Low Emission lanes. Kroger needs to enforce their parking policy for those low emission lanes. I like that the cart storage in parking lot is covered. Store is 24/​7, so that’s convenient as well. They have a nice marketplace. Decent selection of natural cleaning supplies as well although you won’t find natural toilet bowl cleaners or natural decloggers here. The pets section could use some holistic foods as well although the grain free foods selection is better than most other Krogers. I really like they have bulk bins for nuts. They have organic produce too, but they don’t carry any reusable produce bags. They could do better by eliminating plastic bags from their stores and by starting to offer bag credits for customers who bring their own reusable bags. It’s absolutely disgusting that a reputable store like Kroger still uses plastic bags. The gas station pumps look nice. Overall, a nice new store and a step in the right direction.

The largest Kroger in the country is open at last! Considering it’s brand new, each time I’ve gone has been a little hectic. However, once all the hype has died down and I learn where things are, I expect this to be a great place to shop. It really does have almost everything you need — except I was surprised to find that they only sell diluted alcohol (when trying to make homemade vodka sauce). The part I was most impressed by was their ready made to-​go items. They have a wood fired pizza oven, as well as a large salad bar with hot soups and other items. We took home the pesto pizza and it was very good! So far I would much prefer this location to the Hyde Park one.

This is a 5-​star grocery store. They have everything I’m looking for… really high quality stuff, it is super clean, and it is very well laid out. A++!
This weekend was my first time at the new Kroger, and to be honest when I first walked in I was a little overwhelmed. To start, I entered on the wrong side… Apparently the right side of the store is the WalMart-​esque section of the store, with home goods, toiletries, a pharmacy, and even a jewelry store (?). So I had to trek all the way down to the left of the store to find the produce and groceries. But the grocery store is absolutely amazing!
A few of my highlights:
— Low low prices — As usual, Kroger has some of the best meat and produce and at the lowest prices in Cincinnati. The only reason I didn’t use to shop at Kroger was because the Hyde Park Kroger was way too crowded, but this one will keep me coming back!
— Great layout! This store layout is very intuitive. Even though it was my first time here and the store is 3x bigger than your average Kroger, I still found my way around very easily (much easier than a similarly sized grocery store, like Jungle Jim’s).
— Starbucks right at the entrance! They got me because now I get to sip a delicious latte while perusing…
— Several kitchens cooking meals to go, like pizza, sandwiches, prepared foods, etc. This would be super convenient if you’re a family on the go!
— A BAR and growler filling station — Yes, this Kroger will serve you beer and wine! I even saw people doing flights, and they had several Rhinegeist beers on tap (yay for local beers!). I don’t think you can walk around the store with your beer, but still, a good addition to the store if you need a break from shopping
— Friendly staff — A few people greeted me, and the lady checking me out was very nice. I’m used to grumpy people working at grocery stores, so this was a nice surprise.
This store has literally everything you could ever want. I think this will be my usual grocery store from now on. Great job!

This Kroger is the size of a small town, and I actually view that as a negative. Three aisles just for cereal/​breakfast bars/​oatmeal. Three! It’s completely unnecessary. That being said, it’s clean and easy to navigate, and the employees were all very friendly.
Up front you can get anything from sushi to fried chicken to subs to Kroger’s version of a Chipotle bar, which I had for lunch. It couldn’t touch the original. Rice was sticky and clumped together, and they use cheddar instead of mozzarella. They mostly tried to copy cat (fajitas, corn, charging extra for guac) but have some different salsa offerings, such as a pineapple. The carnitas themselves were exceptional.
The only thing I didn’t like was the bakery beginning right after the seafood. That’s not a smell I want while looking at pastries. Speaking of, they’ve got a chocolate fountain and selection of very fancy tiramisu and things in delicate chocolate cups. Will be back for that.
Some of the bagels looked really good, and it would be great if they stocked mini cream cheese alongside for takeout. If you do stop in just for a meal, they have a separate area of self check outs you can use. All in all, better than Hyde Park.

I decided to check out the new Kroger in Sunday which really I should know will be a mistake as it’s always the busiest day at the grocery store but since I only needed a few things I thought I’d make a little adventure of it. It was a much bigger adventure than I anticipated as there is so much store that it’s truly overwhelming! It’s similar to Jungle Jims in that it’s more of an experience than it is productive grocery shopping. It was cool to see some of the specialty offerings they have such as the sushi bar and the larger cheese selection, but I definitely won’t be shopping here regularly. It took way too long for me to locate the few items I needed that a full shopping trip here would probably push me over the edge. Great in theory but the execution is just a bit off.

Wow. This is a LOT of store right here! Honestly, for me, it’s a little too much store. I love Kroger and I love a small, home town feel and this just isn’t it for me. I’ll stick with my Milford Kroger. This is a very nice store and I think it will serve this community well. But personally, for me, this was more an «experience» and not a grocery shopping trip.

Pretty nice new store. Well laid out and lots of extras like a bar. They’ve only been open a few days, we’ll see how they settle in, but for now a nice change from the Hyde Park store.

I’ve been to many Krogers in my life and this is probably the nicest one on that list. You’ve probably been to a supermarket in your life, so here is what stands out:
*Huge growler and wine tasting bar
*A deli/​prepared foods section that would be great to pick up a fast lunch
*Properly laid out with produce up front, running into meats with dairy in the back. No confusion like the Hyde Park Kroger.
*Natural/​Organic food is interspersed with normal food, avoiding confusing thoughts like ‘Where is Fage yogurt? Oh yes, Kroger considers it natural and is somewhere else.’
*Big parking lot that didn’t nearly end my life in the process of maneuvering in or out like other stores.
However, I’m only giving it four stars because on the first week they were still out of some produce items (carrots!!!) and other products like flavors of quest bars. Get it together Kroger!
It’s a very convenient location and I’ll be here on most likely a bi-​weekly basis. I’m definitely glad this spot opened up.

The largest Kroger in Kroger history opened today in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati.
The store is huge if you can’t find it here you’re better off without it they have a growler station, wine bar, woodfired pizza, burritos, fried chicken, clothing and probably the largest organic produce section of any store around
I stopped by after working out but was surprised to see most of the special new stations in the store close at 8pm, maybe because it was opening day?
A guy I know who was working behind the craft beer/​growler station told me he was told to close at 8 PM while he had tons of people coming up to him wanting to get beer and wine. There are also people in the bistro area asking for fried chicken wraps pizzas and they were told no they closed.