Kroger is planning to eliminate about 3,000 corporate jobs over the next three years as the US supermarket chain looks to cut costs and redirect more resources towards employees working in its stores.
The grocery shop’s planned reductions show how companies are balancing costs by reducing headcount, cutting about 37% of its 8,200 corporate employees.
In a memo to employees shared with Business Insider, CEO Greg Foran said Kroger had made progress in lowering prices, improving the customer experience and investing in technology to make employees’ jobs easier.
He said the company now needs to become leaner, make decisions faster and focus its resources on areas that benefit customers.
“Our company has more layers, more handoffs and more overhead than we need, so we are addressing this issue,” Foran wrote, indicating the need to communicate the decision it is taking to reduce job roles by 2029.
The announcement comes amid a difficult year for tech workers as more than 130,000 tech jobs have been cut in 2026 so far, with major technology companies accounting for a significant share of the losses.
Here are some of the companies behind the numbers.
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/1. UPS: 30,000 jobs
In January, UPS announced plans to eliminate another 30,000 jobs in operations in 2026, following the removal of 48,000 positions in 2025.
The reductions have affected both management and operational workers as the delivery company restructures its business and adjusts its operations. Its cuts form part of a wider effort to manage costs and reshape its workforce.
/2. Oracle: 21,000 jobs
The company has been expanding its cloud infrastructure business to meet growing demand for computing power, particularly from companies developing and deploying artificial intelligence. This expansion has resulted in the company having to cut 21,000 jobs in 2026, putting the enterprise software company among the biggest contributors to this year's technology layoffs.
/3. Amazon: 17,536 jobs
Amazon has recorded 17,536 job cuts across seven reported layoff events in 2026, according to Layoffs.fyi.
The company has been reorganising parts of its business while investing heavily in artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure. Its workforce reductions have affected different teams, reflecting a broader effort to review how the company operates and where it directs resources.
/4. Dell: 11,000 jobs
According to Reuters, Dell has recorded about 11,000 job cuts this year, placing the computer and infrastructure company among the largest technology employers reducing staff.
The growing AI infrastructure market is creating opportunities for Dell, but that growth has not prevented the company from cutting jobs as it reassesses costs and staffing needs across its business.
/5. Meta: 10,400 jobs
Meta has cut about 10,400 jobs as it shifts more of its spending towards artificial intelligence, which is expected to account for $135 billion in investment this year. That is roughly equal to what the company spent on AI over the previous three years combined, according to a report.
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