Kroger is bringing a new store to Fishers in early 2025, and in the next week there will be two separate job fairs to help staff it, with the option to begin working for Kroger well before that new location comes online. The Reporter spoke to Kroger Central Division HR Leader Sheila Fair about the job fairs and what this new Kroger location will offer shoppers when it comes online.
The new store, which is in late-stage construction, will be located at 7450 Fishers Station Drive, Fishers.
“We’re looking at opening in January, but you know there’s a lot of variables and factors and construction that goes into it,” Fair said. “Hopefully after the holidays we’ll have a – no pun intended – more concrete date once we know more from the facility side of things.”
According to Fair, the new store will be 120,000 square feet and will be home to both a Murray’s Cheese location and a Starbucks.
The two job fairs are coming up at separate locations on Saturday, Dec. 14 and Wednesday, Dec. 18. The one this weekend will be held at 5960 Castle Way West Drive, Indianapolis, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The job fair next Wednesday will be held in the new store at 7450 Fishers Station Drive, Fishers, from 3 to 7 p.m., even though that site is still under construction.
“We’ve learned from years past when you have a job there at the site – even if it’s not full-sided – traditionally we will gather more folks and more interest than if we do it in another location,” Fair said. “We are actually in the process of hiring folks to work at some other stores in that area until that store opens. We’re hiring folks that may work at a another store in Fishers and then when the store opens, we would transfer them over.”
Kroger is looking to fill all positions within the store.
“Holistically we’re hiring for every department,” Fair said. “If someone comes to this job fair and they are interested in a produce role, but we don’t have a role like that open at the store, we’ll be able to tell them a store in the same area that has a role open. So even though we are hiring for this store, we also don’t turn candidates away if they’re a good candidate and we have another position that’s open.”
Open positions include both full and part-time jobs.
“The big thing with Kroger we tell people this all the time is, ‘you come for a job and you stay for a career,’” Fair said. “I started out as a bagger 24 years ago and now I’m the head of HR for a division. That’s really our message. When we get folks in at job fairs, we know that this may be part-time. This may be something that you’re just looking to maybe fill the gap, or starting a new job, but there’s a lot of careers that can happen within the Kroger company and a lot of potential.”