*** I am not at all sponsored by Kroger or anything, I just think it's great!

1. The Euclid Kroger just a short walk from south campus

Now, I know Euclid isn't necessarily the "nicest" or "safest" area in all of Lexington, which is why you need to remember the two most important safety rules, the first, don't feed the gremlins after midnight. The second, don't go down Euclid after dark. But as long as you go during the middle of the day, you'll be fine.

2. In February and March, girl scouts sell cookies there.

During cookie season, there's girl scouts selling cookies at Kroger basically 12 hours a day every Saturday and Sunday, which is super conviennent since that's prime time for students to shop at Kroger. And you don't have to feel guilty about eating so many sweets, you're supporting a non profit organization by buying them after all!

3. It's WAY cheaper than the wildcat pantry.

The wildcat pantry (a campus chain of small connivence stores) is the quickest and easiest way to pick up a box of cereal, some chips, or bagel bites when you live on campus. However, they rip you off like you wouldn't believe. In the following pictures the left is the Kroger price, the right is the wildcat pantry price.

(Price increase of 40% on the hagen dazs and 57% on the clorox wipes)

By just buying the things that you'd normally buy at the wildcat pantry at kroger instead, you could save absolutely enormous amounts of money.

4. You can sign up free for a Kroger Plus account, and its even CHEAPER!

Literally just go online to kroger.com and create an account. After you do that, simply by typing in your phone number (alternate ID, they call it) when you check out, you'll get special deals that customer's without a plus account don't get. PLUS, you get points that can go towards gas for your car (which doesn't really apply to me since I'm car-less, but, I digress) PLUS you can go online and digitally save coupons before you go shopping that get applied to your purchases when you check out so save you even MORE money. So what are you waiting for?

5. You can do some good and help support a charity with community rewards

Oh and did I mention you can help local charities with your Plus account? Because YOU CAN! Go under community rewards on your kroger account online and pick from a number of local charities. At no extra cost to you, a portion of your purchases go towards that cause! Currently I'm supporting the Bluegrass senior Dog Rescue.

Okay and I know $1.08 doesn't seem like a lot, but there are over 30,000 people enrolled at UK, a large percentage of those people shop at Kroger, imagine the difference that can be made for small local charities with that kind of donation power if everyone signed up for community rewards!

6. Cheap(ish) UK merchandise

Towards the front entrance of the Kroger, seasonal UK gear is sold for a fraction of the price of what you might find at kennedy's or the bookstore. Including coolers, sweatshirts, t-shirts, cups, and so much more! They even sell derby hats during derby season!

So what are you waiting for? Head on down to Kroger right today!