Kroger eyes plan to expand into Hawaii

Supermarket giant The Kroger Co., which nearly acquired Safeway a year ago, may be eyeing Hawaii for its first location in the Islands. The Cincinnati-based company, which is the largest supermarket chain in the United States and the second-largest general retailer in the nation behind only Wal-Mart, registered as a new business in Hawaii in early February, according to public records. Read the American City Business Journals/Honolulu/PBN Biz Blog here