{"id":28789,"date":"2023-06-07T20:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=28789"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:33:30","slug":"upcoming-kroger-shareholder-meeting-will-feature-crtl-board-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/upcoming-kroger-shareholder-meeting-will-feature-crtl-board-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Kroger Shareholder Meeting Will Feature CRTL Board President"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati
Laura Strietmann, Executive Director
mail@cincinnatirighttolife.org<\/a>
513-728-7870<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Kroger Shareholder Meeting Will Feature Testimony<\/strong>
From Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati President,<\/strong>
Rachel Citak on June 22, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-Life Kroger shareholders spotlight Cincinnati Right to Life and push for greater transparency in Kroger\u2019s charitable contributions after Kroger offers to pay employees for out-of-state abortion costs. Cincinnati Right to Life will renew push for boycott if shareholders are unpersuaded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 6, 2023 \u2013 Cincinnati Right to Life will be front and center on June 22, 2023 preceding Kroger shareholder discussions related to the company\u2019s transparency in charitable contributions. Last June, as prompted by the SCOTUS overturning of Roe with the Dobbs decision, a Kroger spokesperson stated that Kroger would pay up to $4000 in travel costs for any Kroger employee seeking an out of state abortion. See response from Executive Director, Laura Strietmann with FOX19<\/a><\/strong> and picketing coverage by Cincinnati.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this statement, Kroger joined dozens of publicly-held US companies offering to pay for employees in life-affirming states to seek<\/strong>
an abortion elsewhere<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kroger was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio and retains headquarters in the city. Kroger shareholders Tom Strobhar and Lou Eichhold wanted to make sure that Cincinnati Right to Life\u2019s voice would be heard before shareholders vote on June 22, 2023. Lou Eichhold is a retired Human Resources professional and friend of Dr. Bob Burger and Brad Mattes. Tom Strobhar is a prominent advocate for pro-life shareholder activism and chairman of Life Decisions International<\/a><\/strong>, which has successfully persuaded over 350 companies to backtrack in financial support to Planned Parenthood\u2013including Disney<\/a>,<\/strong> which passed Tom\u2019s resolution requiring transparency in Disney\u2019s charitable contributions. Both Strobhar and Eichhold were instrumental in submitting the Resolution to Kroger and involving CRTL President, Rachel Citak, in testifying at the shareholder meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a wake-up call to all of us who believe in protecting life, serving our communities, and treating Kroger employees with care,\u201c says Tom concerning Kroger\u2019s initial statement. \u201c[Right now], we have no idea how much money is actually being spent on Planned Parenthood and abortion facilities in Ohio. As shareholders, we want Kroger to succeed in providing food to all people of different beliefs and backgrounds in Kroger stores and subsidiaries in 35 states across the nation<\/a>. There truly was no need to announce open support of abortion and open disrespect to the diversity of beliefs on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFunding abortion travel disparages motherhood rather than celebrating it,\u201d President Rachel Citak stated in the presentation which was recorded by Kroger Productions yesterday, and will be presented to the nationwide meeting of Kroger shareholders. \u201c… a company that cannot respect our existence inside the womb should expect our resistance as consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn working with legal clients pursuing their civil rights in employment law, there are many forms of hostility towards motherhood that my clients have witnessed and experienced.
[…]
\u201cDiapers, wipes, formula, food, clothes, toys. Kroger has the resources to solve many problems in unexpected pregnancies. Instead, Kroger has attempted to cut expenses at the expense of women, funding the abortion travel costs to avoid the cost of maternal leave.
\u201cThe reality is that employers who fund abortion are using it for PR, in hopes of cutting the bottom line\u2013not to help employees and their families flourish.
[…]
\u201cWe need transparency and openness in where Kroger\u2019s charitable contributions are going in order to have any hope of restoring trust for Ohio and Kentucky Kroger consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati thanks Tom Strobhar and Lou Eichhold for their courage and continued dedication to the Life cause as bright lights in the corporate space. Cincinnati Right to Life will continue updating local, statewide, and national Right to Life organizations and supporters, as well as a renewed push for widespread boycott of Kroger and its subsidiaries if the shareholder resolution vote is not successful. Supporters can print and share a note with store managers pledging to shop elsewhere here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about our organization, please visit: www.CincinnatiRightToLife.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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