Kroger operates Food 4 Less stores in the Chicago metropolitan area (Illinois and Indiana) and in Southern California.

During a period of consolidation in the grocery store industry, Food 4 Less merged with Ralphs, which Fred Meyer had acquired from the Yucaipa Companies in 1998.

[7] In 1998, Fred Meyer sold Falley's and the Midwestern Food 4 Less stores to Associated Wholesale Grocers of Kansas City.

The company changed the names of the Food 4 Less stores, which it can't use beyond Kansas and Missouri, to AWG brands such as Price Chopper.

Marketing and administration of the Nugget Food 4 Less store is handled through the Nugget Market Corporate Office in Davis, California, and any requests for other Food 4 Less stores will be deferred to the Kroger Corporate Office in Cincinnati, Ohio.

It is unclear whether Nugget Markets and Kroger will continue the Fleming relationship when the franchise agreement expires.

Nugget operated a total of three stores in Northern California; in Cameron Park, Vallejo, and Woodland.

The franchisee also operates Rancho San Miguel Markets, a supermarket specializing in Hispanic offerings.

[15] In Oregon, stores in Bend and Medford both operate under the Food 4 Less name, but with separate local owners.

[18] A Food 4 Less store in Massillon, Ohio, co-owned with local grocery chain Bordner's, closed in 2014.