Monroe’s Kroger reopening is just the latest big Butler County move by the chain this year

The new Kroger Marketplace at Crossings of Beckett on Princeton Glendale Road near Tylersville Road in West Chester Township opened Thursday morning, Jan. 31, 2019 replacing the old Kroger location just up the street. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

The new Kroger Marketplace at Crossings of Beckett on Princeton Glendale Road near Tylersville Road in West Chester Township opened Thursday morning, Jan. 31, 2019 replacing the old Kroger location just up the street. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Kroger’s grand reopening of its Monroe location at 3033 Heritage Green Drive on Friday is being accompanied by a celebration occurring this and next weekend, and it’s just the latest move the grocery chain has made in he region.

The revamped store, which opened 2006, just added new dining options, plus digital “smart shopping” pricing boards and other technology-based improvements.

It’s offering sales through Tuesday, as well as free items on today and Sunday.

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The nearly 75,000-square-foot store also is offering free items. The first 300 customers starting at 7 a.m. today will get a free half gallon of Kroger-brand Select Varieties orange juice. The first 300 customers starting at 7 a.m. Sunday will get a free 1-pound roll of Bob Evans breakfast sausage.

The coupon for both freebies will be handed out at the door.

Customers who stop by the store today through Sunday will get to meet local personalities, Bengals mascots and cheerleaders and enjoy performances from area entertainers

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The supermarket chain has heavily invested in its grocery stores around the region in recent months and years. In November, it completed its year-long renovation at its Liberty Twp. store, emphasizing on fast and fresh foods, the Journal-News reported. That was one of 12 renovated stores last year around Greater Cincinnati.

Elsewhere, a new Kroger Marketplace in West Chester Twp., the fifth-largest in Ohio, is a sign of the area’s recent soaring growth and a project that was many years in the making, officials said.

The 133,000-square-foot store that opened in January at 8000 Princeton-Glendale Road takes the place of a 71,000-square-foot facility that operated from 1990 until Wednesday about a half mile to the south at 8238 Princeton-Glendale Road.

Last month, the Journal-News reported that Kroger will be injecting another $1.5 million into its Fairfield location as it renovates the interior of the Village Green supermarket.

Renovations that customers will notice include new LED lights for the exterior sign, a new salad bar, new LED lights for the dairy department doors, a relocated dairy case, and an “Easy For You!” oven-ready seafood case, new tiles and added checkout lanes and new decor.

“Every year we take a look at the stores that we have, and kind of the last time we have touched them, and which stores need an upgrade and which stores need some extra love,” Kroger spokeswoman Erin Rolfes said in March.

“As our real estate team looks through the stores, and the cadence at which they have been renovated, this one seemed like it was a good candidate for that extra love.”

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