DoomsdaysCW<p>Filing: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kroger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kroger</span></a> paid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CEO</span></a> $19M in 2022, typical worker almost $29K</p><p>by Alexander Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer<br />May 12, 2023</p><p>"Kroger CEO <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RodneyMcMullen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RodneyMcMullen</span></a> got a 5.7% pay raise in 2022 as his compensation package climbed $1 million to $19 million, according to a corporate filing Friday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.</p><p>"The head of the nation's largest supermarket retailer was paid $18 million in the previous year, according to the Associated Press' methodology for executive compensation that excludes pension value changes.</p><p>"The typical worker got an $1,800 pay raise, climbing 7% in 2022 to $28,644. The ratio of McMullen's pay to the median Kroger worker – as required to be reported by the government – was 671 to 1, a decline from the ratio of 679 to 1 in the previous year.</p><p>"Kroger earned a $2.2 billion <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>profit</span></a> on sales of $148 billion last year. In 2022, Kroger contended with higher costs as inflation soared. Overall inflation eased in 2022, climbing 6.4% - slower than 7.2% a year earlier. But the cost of food purchased at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/supermarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>supermarkets</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/supercenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>supercenters</span></a> rose at a faster rate: 11.8% - the worst calendar year increase since 1978, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p><p>"Also last year, the grocer proposed acquiring rival <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Albertsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Albertsons</span></a> in a $25 billion takeover bid that regulators at the Federal Trade Commission are mulling whether to approve or fight.</p><p>"In addition to Kroger stores, the Cincinnati-based grocer operates several regional supermarket chains in 35 states, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FredMeyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FredMeyer</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarrisTeeter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HarrisTeeter</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ralphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ralphs</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Marianos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Marianos</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Frys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Frys</span></a>, Smith's, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingSoopers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KingSoopers</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QFC</span></a> and others. The company has nearly 2,800 stores and employs 430,000 workers."</p><p><a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2023/05/12/kroger-ceo-paid-19m-in-2022-while-median-worker-earned-28-6k/70211231007/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cincinnati.com/story/money/202</span><span class="invisible">3/05/12/kroger-ceo-paid-19m-in-2022-while-median-worker-earned-28-6k/70211231007/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporatePriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEOPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CEOPay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ObsceneProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ObsceneProfits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeopleAndPlanetOverProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PeopleAndPlanetOverProfits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a></p>