Kroger customer appreciation week is on: Here are the savings

Attention Kroger shoppers: This week might be a good one to stock up.

Kroger Co., on Tuesday, announced a customer appreciation event with scores of deals including 99 cents for a five-pound bag of flour. It's the first time Kroger has expanded the event to all of its U.S. stores. The Cincinnati-based grocer’s week-long event is now through Oct. 1.

To get the offers you will need to have a Kroger loyalty card and download a digital coupon. Kroger Boost members have additional exclusive saving offers throughout the week.

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Here's a sample of offers using a Kroger card:

• Select varieties of 48-ounce Kroger brand deluxe ice cream:  $1.99.
• Select varieties of Kroger brand pasta sauce or pasta: 99 cents.
• Select varieties of Coca-Cola, Pepsi and 7UP in 12-ounce cans:  buy two, get two free (mix and match).
• Select varieties of Starbucks coffee in 10- and 12-ounce bags and 10-count K-Cups: Buy one, get one free (mix and match).
• Doritos, Lay’s Potato Chips, Cheetos and Tostitos: $1.99 each when you buy four with card.

Here's a sample of the offers to Boost members with digital coupons, which can be used up to 5X in one transaction:

• Five-pound bag of Kroger brand flour: 99 cents.
• Four-pound bag of Smart Way sugar: 99 cents.
• Select varieties and sizes of Kroger brand chips and tortilla chips: 99 cents.
• Kroger brand bread and buns, select varieties: 49 cents.
• One pound bag of Kroger brand peeled baby carrots: 77 cents.
• Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat in select 9-ounce package varieties: $1.99.

The customer appreciation event comes as Kroger Co.’s proposed nearly $25 billion merger with Albertsons is under scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Kroger and Albertsons maintain the proposed merger is necessary to be competitive and that a merger would mean lower prices for consumers.

But the commission in February filed suit to block the proposed merger alleging it would reduce competition, raise grocery and other household item prices for millions of Americans and would hurt workers. High inflation has impacted grocery prices with consumers seeing a 25% increase from 2019 to 2023, according to government data. Consumers paying higher grocery prices also is at the forefront of this year’s political campaigns.

Attorneys General in eight states joined the FTC’s lawsuit. The first trial took place in Oregon and is now in the hands of a Portland judge. A Kroger executive during the Oregon trial admitted the grocer raised prices more than needed on essentials like eggs and milk above the inflation rate, according to Bloomberg .

For more information go to kroger.com .

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