Food
Kroger Makes New York City Debut With Murray’s Cheese Purchase
- Grocery chain will acquire flagship shop in Greenwich Village
- Two companies have had store-in-store partnership since 2008
Kroger Co., the largest grocery-store chain in the U.S., will get a foothold in New York City by acquiring Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.
The deal expands a partnership between the two companies that began in 2008, when Murray’s began selling products through Kroger’s network of stores. The supermarket giant will acquire the cheese business as well as its flagship location on Bleecker Street, which opened in 1940.