Kroger to pay $2.5M fine, spend $100M retrofitting 600 fridges over Clean Air Act refrigerant leaks
Published: May 22, 2026
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Grocery giant Kroger has agreed to pay a $2.5M civil penalty and spend $100M over two years to retrofit or replace 600 refrigeration units to settle a US Department of Justice action over ozone-depleting refrigerant leaks. EPA found Kroger failed to meet retrofit/replacement requirements on 14 commercial and 2 industrial refrigeration units under the pre-2019 35% leakage threshold, and on 6 commercial units under the post-2019 20% threshold — plus 17 recordkeeping breaches.
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