The Kroger Co
10 facilities · 10 states · 263.6K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, The Kroger Co is the reported parent of 10 Form R facilities across 10 states, disclosing 263.6K lbs of toxic releases. 19 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Tennessee (129.7K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across The Kroger Co's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for The Kroger Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-12.5%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-12.5%
68.7 thousand lb → 60.1 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- The Kroger Co's total reported releases fell from 68.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Kroger Co's air releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 711 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Kroger Co's off-site transfers fell from 67.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 59.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read The Kroger Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Heritage Farms Dairy; Kroger Mountain View Foods; Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co; Tamarack Farms Dairy. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; Colorado; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Heritage Farms Dairy; Kroger Mountain View Foods; Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co; Tamarack Farms Dairy. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; Colorado; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
The Kroger Co ranks #1,157 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. The Kroger Co spans 10 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. The Kroger Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 10 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for The Kroger Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where The Kroger Co sits among TRI parents
The Kroger Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nyrstar US Inc and The Chemours Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nyrstar US Inc · rank #1,155 · 114.9M lbs
- The Chemours Co · rank #1,156 · 40.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by The Kroger Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Heritage Farms Dairy. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 259.3K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 4.3K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 1 | 129.7K lbs |
| Colorado | 1 | 58.6K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 52.8K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 15.9K lbs |
| California | 1 | 5.9K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 384 lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 255 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 50 lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (10)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Heritage Farms Dairy Murfreesboro, TN | 129.7K lbs |
| Kroger Mountain View Foods Denver, CO | 58.6K lbs |
| Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co Fort Worth, TX | 52.8K lbs |
| Tamarack Farms Dairy Newark, OH | 15.9K lbs |
| Ralphs Grocery Co Compton Compton, CA | 5.9K lbs |
| Jackson Dairy Hutchinson, KS | 384 lbs |
| Westover Dairy Lynchburg, VA | 255 lbs |
| Michigan Dairy Livonia, MI | 50 lbs |
| Kroger Co Swan Island Dairy Portland, OR | 0 lbs |
| Crossroad Farms Dairy Indianapolis, IN | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest The Kroger Co on total disclosed release pounds (263.6K lbs) and reporting facility count (10). Release-volume peers include Rt Vanderbilt Holding Co Inc, Toyota Tsusho America Inc, Turf Care Supply LLC. Facility-count peers include Aalberts US Holding Corp, Altec Industries Inc, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Tennessee, Colorado, Texas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with The Kroger Co's TRI parent record
From The Kroger Co, open Heritage Farms Dairy or compare against Nyrstar US Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for The Kroger Co (Heritage Farms Dairy in TN). Largest facility
- Compare against The Chemours Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where The Kroger Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nyrstar US Inc, The Chemours Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
The Kroger Co's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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