Kroger plans to cut 3,000 of its 8,200 office jobs. Its CEO cited technology.
Kroger chief executive Greg Foran told staff in a memo that the grocer plans to eliminate about 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, Reuters reported on 12 October.
That is about 37% of its 8,200 corporate employees.
Foran wrote that Kroger should "reduce duplicative work and adapt with technology", and that the cuts would help it lower prices and invest in its store employees. Details will follow in the coming months. Foran, a former Walmart executive, became chief executive in February.
Kroger set out its AI strategy last month, Reuters reported, including models to manage workflows and customer data to power tools such as an AI shopping assistant. The memo, as reported, does not name AI as the reason for the cuts.
On those numbers, about 1,000 roles a year go, and about 5,200 of today's office jobs remain. The memo does not say which work the new tools are meant to take over, or when.
In a three-year plan like this, which office work would your company hand to software first: finance, buying or IT?
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