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Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people. The metropolitan area has... 320,204 residents as of the 2000 census. During the latter half of the 20th century Rockford was the second largest city in Illinois and is currently the most populated city in Illinois outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. The current mayor is Lawrence J. Morrissey, an independent re-elected to a second four-year term in April 2009. Rockford is located at 42°16′11″N 89°4′11″W / 42.26972°N 89.06972°W / 42.26972; -89.06972 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.7 square miles , of which, 56.0 square miles of it is land and 0.7 square miles of it is water.
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The Kroger Co. is an American supermarket chain founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported US$ 82.2 billion in sales during fiscal year 2010. It is the country's largest grocery store chain and its second-largest grocery retailer by volume and second-place general retailer in the country, with Walmart being the largest. As of 2010, Kroger operated, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 3,619 stores. As of that... same year, it was also the world's fifth largest retailer by sales revenue, according to Deloitte. Kroger's headquarters are centralized in downtown Cincinnati, but it spans many states with store formats that include supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, convenience stores and mall jewelry stores. Kroger-branded grocery stores are located throughout the Midwestern and Southern United States. Kroger is a union company, and Kroger employees are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers . In 1883, Bernard "Barney" Kroger invested his life savings of $372 to open a grocery store in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Cincinnati.
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