The Kroger Co. Food Safety Programs - Quality Assurance Association
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The Kroger Co.
Retail Food Safety
Program
John KolenskiDirector, Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance
May 2009
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Topics
• Kroger Co. Background
• Retail Food Safety Programs
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The Kroger Co.
• Employees 323,000
• Supermarkets 2,486
• Convenience Stores 782
• Jewelry Stores 394
• Fuel Centers
– Supermarkets 696
– Convenience Stores 705
• Manufacturing Plants 41
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Retail Food Safety Program
• Education
• Auditing
• Measuring & Rewarding Progress
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Retail Food Safety Program
• Education– Hourly Perishable Dept. Associates
• Basic Food Safety via Computer Based
Training (CBT)
• Topics Include
– Temperature Control
– Cross Contamination
– Personal Hygiene
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Retail Food Safety Program
• Education cont.– Perishable Department Managers
• Basic Food Safety via CBT
• Advanced Food Safety via CBT
– Temperature Control
– Cross Contamination
– Personal Hygiene
– PLUS HACCP Principles
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Retail Food Safety Program
• Education cont.– Store Management
• Basic Food Safety via CBT
• Advanced Food Safety via CBT
• FMI’s Modified “SuperSafeMark”
– All Manager Store Trainees MUST Complete
– All Store Mgmt Certified via a Nationally Accredited
Exam – “Certified Food Safety Manager”
– Must maintain Certification
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Retail Food Safety Program
• Auditing– Audit Developed by Kroger
– Criteria Mirror Health Dept. Inspections
• Critical, Major, and Minor Deviations
– Chemical Vendor Conducts Kroger Food
Safety Reviews (audits)
• Each Store Audited 6 Times per Year
• Data Collected in a Central Database
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Retail Food Safety Program
• Measuring & Rewarding Progress– Measure Four Attributes
• Food Safety Training
• Focus 4 (Temperature Logging)
• Critical Repeats
• Store Follow Up to Audits
– Best Performing Retail Division Receive a
Food Safety Award from our CEO
• Shared with the Stores as Well
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Why All the Effort?
• Protecting Our Customers is Our First Priority
– CDC Data
• 76 Million Foodborne Illnesses per Year
• 300,000 Hospitalized per Year
• 5,000 Fatalities per Year
• Primary Groups Affected: The Young, Old,
and Immune Deficient.
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FOOD SAFETY IN TODAY’S ENVIRONMENT
Can't eat pork,
Swine flu...
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Can't eat chicken,
Bird flu.
Can't eat Beef,
Mad cow....
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Can't eat eggs,
Salmonella.
Can't eat fish,
heavy metal poisons in their waters.
Can't eat fruits and veggies,
E coli, insecticides and herbicides.
Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I believe that leaves Chocolate and ice
cream!!!!!!!!
Remember - - - 'STRESSED'
spelled backwards! is
'DESSERTS'