Kroger launches employer-focused coronavirus testing program, plans lab facility with Gravity Diagnostics

Kroger Co. has launched a coronavirus testing program geared toward employers and is opening a facility within a Northern Kentucky diagnostic testing lab. The new CovidCare Plus program combines Kroger Health’s Covid-19 Test Home Collection Kit with other health care services such as vaccinations, telehealth and telenutrition. Downtown Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, is aiming the program at employers to provide testing and care…