Our Kroger is 15% higher price than the walmart down the street, seems dingy and dimly lit in comparison, and I <i>do not trust</i> their meat department in the slightest. They put stuff up that <i>stinks</i>.<p>Been that way for 15+ years. I suspect the criminal activity dragging that store down involves management, not employees.
At some point they will lose more money from people that stop to shop there... I stopped using my local Kroger for other reasons though (food not fresh because of storage issues, etc).