MPearlRock: MidOcean Partners and Kroger Establish Strategic Collaboration to Bring More Emerging Brands to Customers Across America

NEW YORK & CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), its consumer product investment platform PearlRock Partners (“PearlRock”), and MidOcean Partners (“MidOcean”), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specializing in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, today announced the formation of MPearlRock, a strategic collaboration to introduce emerging consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) brands to new customers.