2017-02-08
Kroger Co. acquired the New York-based specialty cheese brand Murray’s Cheese that CEO Rodney McMullen regularly touts in talking about Kroger’s specialty offerings.
Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, gains Murray’s Cheese’s flagship location on Bleecker Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village as part of the deal. That marks Kroger’s first retail location in New York City, although it will retain the Murray's Cheese name and…