A spokesman for the Kroger Company said about a third of its 1,240 stores had been using the machines.

The Kroger Company said its plan to sell eight food businesses had failed because the buyer could not obtain financing.

For the second time in as many weeks, an offering of the Kroger Company failed to attract enough buyers to accommodate all the sellers.

Zero bonds issued by the Kroger Company were up a point, to between 60 and 61.

Some companies, like the Kroger Company, the supermarket chain, have had more than one prospective buyer push up its stock price.

The company was acquired by The Kroger Company in the 1990s.

He has been representing the Kroger Company, which is going through a $4 billion transaction.

Scott's was sold to The Kroger Company in 2007 for $33 million.

The Kroger Company, with 1,235 stores nationwide, has salad bars in 100 of them.

A.&P. and the Kroger Company are in a close battle for second.