Kroger Details Plans For Culinary Institute
June 27, 2016 | 1 min to read
Kroger Co. plans to make its new culinary training facility a key part of Cincinnati’s rapidly growing food culture that’s gaining national attention, CEO Rodney McMullen said Thursday after the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, plans to spend $2.5 million to remodel the building at 901 Elm St. to turn it into a culinary training and education center, as I reported Tuesday. It plans to bring in its chefs from stores around the country to not only train them but to get them to exchange ideas and to learn from those chefs who come from various parts of the country. Kroger has hundreds of chefs at its 2,778 stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
“We believe this will further establish Cincinnati as a hub for the food industry,” McMullen said. “It’s nice this is in Cincinnati. The food scene here is kind of fun.”
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