Kroger Asks Customers to Quit Openly Carrying Guns in Stores

The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 28, 2018. Reuters/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo

U.S. grocer Kroger Co has begun asking customers to stop openly carrying firearms in stores, a change in policy, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Kroger previously had followed local and state laws on the matter, she said.