Karen Hoguet is tied to animal cruelty
Karen Hoguet helps oversee Kroger while millions of hens remain trapped in cages. Tell her to act. Tell Karen Hoguet to do the right thing.
ANIMAL CRUELTY: APPROVED BY KAREN HOGUET
Karen Hoguet sits on Kroger’s Board of Directors and chairs the company’s Finance Committee while millions of hens continue to suffer.
In 2016, Kroger promised customers and the public that it would transition away from selling eggs from caged hens. Years later, millions of hens remain confined in battery cages so small they cannot even spread their wings.
As Chair of Kroger’s Finance Committee, Karen Hoguet helps oversee the financial decisions and priorities behind the company’s leadership. If Kroger chose to delay and weaken its cage-free commitment over cost concerns, those discussions likely passed through the committee she leads.
Karen Hoguet built a reputation as one of the country’s top corporate finance executives during her years at Macy’s. But the public is now asking an important question: Did Kroger calculate the reputational cost of breaking its promise alongside the financial cost of keeping it?
Millions of animals are still paying the price for Kroger’s failure to act.
KAREN HOGUET MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
Karen Hoguet has spent decades helping oversee major corporations and advising on financial strategy at the highest level. Today, she serves as Chair of Kroger’s Finance Committee while Kroger continues to profit from eggs linked to extreme confinement.
Kroger publicly promised to go cage-free. Instead, the company weakened and delayed that promise while millions of hens remain trapped in cages.
Corporate responsibility is not just about balancing numbers on a spreadsheet. It is about whether a company keeps its word.
As a senior leader on Kroger’s board, Karen Hoguet has influence over the company’s priorities and long-term decisions. Ask Karen Hoguet to push Kroger to finally fulfill its cage-free commitment.
*Images on this page are representative of hens in cages.