Kroger on Wednesday announced the expansion of its Simple Truth brand and launch of its largest-ever Our Brands customer sales promotion, featuring savings on thousands of Simple Truth and Simple Truth Organic items.
Kroger introduced Simple Truth in its fourth quarter 2012, and the brand now offers more than 1,400 unique products across multiple categories, including grocery, meat, produce, deli, bakery, baby, household essentials and personal care. Simple Truth also offers more Fair Trade Certified products than any other private label grocery brand in the country.
“We’re proud of the high-quality ingredients that go into our Simple Truth products. We’re equally proud of what’s not in these foods. Simple Truth products are free from 101-plus artificial preservatives and ingredients,” stated Robert Clark, Kroger senior vice president of merchandising. “Instead of GMOs and antibiotics, Simple Truth offers clean labels and fantastic flavors. Kroger has led the way for more than a decade in making natural and organic products more mainstream and accessible.
Simple Truth will continue to innovate and introduce new affordable items in 2018 that align with customer trends, including increasingly popular categories like beverage, snacking and non-animal proteins, Kroger said.
In Kroger’s third quarter 2017, Our Brands delivered strong performance, making up 28.2 percent of unit sales and 25.6 percent of sales dollars, excluding fuel and pharmacy. Simple Truth continued to grow in popularity the same quarter, with sales growing 19 percent.
