Seven states and the District of Columbia have adopted the most expansive laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Most recently, California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada all passed measures in November legalizing recreational marijuana.
It also would be Kroger's biggest takeover since 1998, when it bought the Fred Meyer food and merchandise store chain in the Northwest for more than $12 billion, according to financial data service Bloomberg.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: I was wondering the same thing, so I don't think it's a stupid question. But Kroger does not own Fry's Electronics. Fry's Electronics was founded by the heirs of Fry's Food & Drug Stores and is not and never was affiliated with Kroger. In 1972, Charles Fry sold the Fry's Supermarkets chain and gave a cut of the money to each of his sons. The Fry brothers had little interest in grocery store retailing.