Walmart didn’t pick John Furner to “hold the line.” They picked him to press the advantage—and to do it in a very Walmart way: operator-first, merchant-minded, and increasingly platform-powered.
On Feb. 9, 2026, Kroger appointed Greg Foran as CEO—effective immediately—ending an unusually long stretch of interim leadership after Rodney McMullen’s exit in 2025.
And this isn’t business as usual for Kroger.
Foran is widely described as Kroger’s first external CEO hire. That matters because it signals the board doesn’t just want stability. It wants a reset.
