{"id":205643,"date":"2025-09-06T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/205643\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T18:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:36:27","slug":"kroger-drops-160-million-into-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/205643\/","title":{"rendered":"Kroger drops $160 million into North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf5ac2zk000e01u99x5jxcae@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Kroger is doubling down on its footprint in the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth region, unveiling a $160 million investment that will bring four new oversized Marketplace stores to the area &#8211; two in Fort Worth, and one each in Little Elm and Anna.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf5acpvv000s357t1r1yvq6h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Each massive location, spanning around 120,000 square feet, carries a price tag of roughly $40 million and will employ 250 to 300 people, contributing to an estimated 1,200 new jobs across North Texas.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf5acpx5000t357tcaunw721@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">This expansion comes amid Kroger\u2019s broader national strategy &#8211; while it\u2019s planning to shutter about 60 underperforming stores in various markets, it\u2019s also on pace to complete 30 major store projects this year.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf5acq05000u357tiomwjias@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Locally, the move cements Kroger\u2019s commitment to staying competitive in a crowded market, especially as H\u2011E\u2011B accelerates its North Texas rollout.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmf5adop7001u357tejf2kei7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.audacy.com\/krld\/listen\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LISTEN<\/a>\u00a0on the Audacy App<br \/>Tell your Smart Speaker to &#8220;PLAY 1080 KRLD&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsletter\/subscribe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign Up<\/a>\u00a0to receive our KRLD Insider Newsletter for more news<br \/>Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRLDNews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KRLD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/krldnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX1Qei3Ev-DLiUujxT2A__Q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n          Featured Image Photo Credit: jetcityimage\/getty\n        <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kroger is doubling down on its footprint in the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth region, unveiling a $160 million investment that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":205644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-205643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115158803085440713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}