McMullen, 64, began his career with Kroger in 1978 as a part-time stock clerk and bagger at a store in Lexington, Kentucky. He worked his way up through the company, becoming the chief financial officer in 1995 and chief operating officer in 2009. McMullen was named Kroger’s CEO in 2014 and became the company’s chair the following year.
Remember, folks: This used to be a thing. You didn’t need a fucking MBA to get up the ladder before it was pulled up.
I was running a daily within a week of being hired in 2003. Boss came back a week later, which suited me fine. And if we remained a meritocracy, I’d be running a metro now with enough to have a house.
Isn’t Kroger the one who wants to raise prices on shoppers based on their face?
From Linkedin:
I joined The Kroger Co. - America’s largest grocery retailer - in 1978 as a part-time stock clerk in Lexington, KY, working my way through college (go Big Blue Nation! #UK).
He lists his degrees from UK as BAs in Finance and Accounting and MBA in Accounting.
Well, fuck.
Mr. Hahnloser, this is the weirdest takeaway. McMullen is clearly a wackadoo corpo-vampire, someone who we know helped jack the price of food up through the past decade. He didn’t get where he is be “working his way up,” he hurts people.
*edit I just also want to add that I think McMullen’s choice of glasses frames is tacky, they look like someone left dentistry tools on his face.
I didn’t do any additional research beyond reading the story. Had I been running this in print, of course I would have. It’s disappointing to learn that this isn’t a “started out part-time, worked his way up” is a lie. But It’s not entirely surprising.
Also, Mr. Hahnloser is my dad. We can just stick with Pete. 🤣
