Krogering

English

Etymology

From Kroger +‎ -ing. From a marketing campaign by The Kroger Company that featured the jingle "Let's Go Krogering!" [1]

Noun

Krogering (uncountable)

1. (US) Shopping at a Kroger store.
   • 1960, Jack Mendelsohn, Why I Am a Unitarian, Thomas Nelson, page 207:

     If yours is a “happy family”—in the midwest—you go Krogering.

   • 2002 February 22, Orris Tottle, “And the senior shall wind down at the Lion”, in Walker County Messenger‎^[2], LaFayette, Georgia, page 4:

     Needless to say, our bunch won’t be going Krogering again, like they say down that way.

   • 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes‎^[3], New York City: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 214:

     He tells Hodges his folks are off Krogering, and he’s got babysitting duty until they get back.

   • 2018 July 26, Howard Craft, “Last days of Krogering get personal for this Durham shopper”, in The Herald-Sun‎^[4], Durham, North Carolina, retrieved September 1, 2018:

     While I’ll continue Krogering until Aug. 14, when the Durham stores close, Kroger may have lost me as a customer when traveling and shopping outside of the Triangle and state.

Verb

Krogering

1. present participle and gerund of Kroger