Man Slams Grocery Store Chain for Stealing His Business Model and Company Photos

But here’s where things get really rotten: Rose discovered that Kroger had blatantly stolen promotional photos from her company’s Instagram feed. One image in particular left little to the imagination. It showed an employee of The Peach Truck, happily lifting a box of juicy peaches, now magically transformed into a Kroger brand poster. The box of peaches and even the poor man’s shirt did not escape the digital makeover. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but not when you’re literally copy-pasting someone else’s hard work.

In her appeal on TikTok, Rose didn’t hesitate to ask Kroger for answers. “Kroger, you are a multi-billion dollar company…yes, a multi-billion dollar company. Do you really need to take our marketing and re-edit it in addition to our business model? » This is a legitimate question, and one that Kroger has yet to satisfactorily answer.

Rose’s video struck a chord with thousands of viewers who flooded the comments section with messages of support. Some called for legal action, while others vowed to boycott Kroger entirely. It’s clear that people are fed up with big companies bullying small businesses and getting away with it. Now, I’m not saying Kroger is the evil empire or anything, but this whole debacle is just one example of the problematic corporate culture that seems to pervade many large companies.

After this explosive revelation, media outlets like Daily Dot requested a statement from Kroger. Their response ? “Oops, that’s our problem!” ” They admitted that the images “were not approved for sharing” and “should never have been created in the first place.” Clearly, Stephen Rose wasn’t taking this half-baked apology. He came back to TikTok wondering how a giant like Kroger could claim ignorance.