Kroger plans $1.2 million investment in Park Ave. West store

MANSFIELD — The Kroger Company announced Wednesday it plans to remodel 18 stores in the Columbus region, including Mansfield’s Park Avenue West store.

Mark Bruce, a Kroger corporate affairs manager, said remodeling work is scheduled to start this summer. The company will invest approximately $1.2 million in the 1240 Park Ave. West location.

The Kroger Company remodeled the Ashland Road store for about $1.7 million last year and invested $3.4 million in the Lexington Avenue store in 2021.

“Once this next remodel is complete, Kroger will have invested ($6.3 million) in our Mansfield-area stores since 2021,” Bruce said.

Kroger’s Columbus division plans to open the new Jerome Village Kroger Marketplace in Union County this year and remodel 18 stores. It will invest approximately $68 million in central and northwest Ohio stores.

“This investment is yet another demonstration of the commitment Kroger makes each and every day to the customers and communities in which we serve,” Bruce said.

“It also reconfirms our collaboration with our Kroger associates and the Ohio companies and agricultural producers who supply our stores with high quality products.” 

The Jerome Village Kroger marketplace will be the first net new store in the Kroger Columbus Division since 2009 and represents a $38 million investment in Central Ohio. 

The 123,000 square-foot marketplace store will feature many of the features customers recognize including enhanced Produce, Deli, Bakery, Meat, Seafood, and Sushi sections; a Murray’s cheese shop; a fuel center and so much more.

The Kroger Columbus Division employs nearly 18,000 associates across the Division’s stores in Ohio and West Virginia, securing access to good-paying union jobs and providing opportunities for career growth.

In addition to training and professional development, Kroger said it offers great benefits for part-time and full-time associates interested in furthering their education.

Associates can take advantage of up to $21,000 in reimbursement during their careers with Kroger for an educational pursuit of their choosing, from a GED to a Ph.D.

The announcement is one more example of the investment the Kroger Columbus Division is making in our communities.

In 2024, Kroger will invest approximately $30 million to renovate stores in Grove City, Toledo, Columbus, Mansfield, Pickerington, Jackson, Hebron, Port Clinton, Delaware, Fostoria, Sandusky, Groveport, Worthington, Heath and Oregon.

In the last five years, the Kroger Columbus Division invested more than $164 million to improve the customer experience and increase access to fresh foods across the Division’s footprint in Ohio and West Virginia.

About Kroger’s Columbus Division

Kroger’s Columbus Division operates 113 stores across Ohio, Michigan, and West Virginia. The Columbus Division employs approximately 18,000 associates dedicated to being Fresh for Everyone and fulfilling our Purpose:

To Feed the Human Spirit, we are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025; in 2022 alone, the Kroger Columbus Division donated more than $6 million in food and funds toward ending hunger.