New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- US supermarket giant Kroger plans to eliminate approximately 3,000 corporate jobs over the next three years as it expands its use of artificial intelligence (AI) and restructures operations to improve efficiency, a move that would affect more than a third of its corporate workforce

Chief executive Greg Foran announced the reductions in a memo to employees on Monday, 12 October, arguing that changing technology and duplicated responsibilities had made a leaner organisational structure necessary.

"Technology is reshaping what's possible," Foran wrote, adding that the company needed to adapt to changes in how work is performed across industries. He said Kroger would adopt new capabilities, eliminate overlapping tasks ...