Who are Kroger's decision-makers?
Kroger's top decision-makers include Greg Foran, Chief Executive Officer; Todd Foley, Chief Financial Officer; Yael Cosset, EVP and Chief Digital Officer. Real buying decisions are distributed across business units, finance, procurement, IT, security, operations, legal, and the executive sponsor for the use case.
- CEO
- Greg Foran
- CFO/key exec
- Todd Foley
- Founded
- 1883
- Employees
- About 410,000
- HQ
- Cincinnati, OH
- Notable
- NYSE: KR
- Greg ForanChief Executive OfficerCEO effective February 2026Former Walmart U.S. and Air New Zealand leader focused on store standards and value.
- Todd FoleyChief Financial OfficerCFO in 2026Leads finance, investor relations, and capital allocation.
- Yael CossetEVP and Chief Digital OfficerChief Digital Officer since March 2025Leads digital strategy, e-commerce, 84.51, and alternative profit businesses.
- Ron SargentChairmanChairman and former interim CEOProvides board leadership after CEO transition.
Who leads Kroger?
Greg Foran serves as Chief Executive Officer; Todd Foley serves as Chief Financial Officer; Yael Cosset serves as EVP and Chief Digital Officer; Ron Sargent serves as Chairman. The leadership page and annual filings are the best sources for current roles because public-company executive teams change as strategy and succession plans evolve.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Kroger?
Buying decisions depend on the category. Technology purchases usually involve IT, security, data, finance, procurement, legal, privacy, and the operating team that owns adoption. Commercial, retail, media, network, store, or supply-chain purchases add category leaders, field operators, merchandising, engineering, compliance, and sometimes board-level oversight.
For sellers, the practical path is to identify the business owner first, then map the economic buyer, procurement path, technical approver, implementation owner, and risk reviewers.
How is Kroger organized as it scales?
Kroger operates with centralized corporate functions and distributed business-unit execution. Its scale means a vendor must plan for multiple stakeholders, budget cycles, pilots, security reviews, integration work, and measured rollout before a broad deployment is approved.
As of June 2026.Sources:Kroger executive managementKroger SEC filings
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