Case Study: Kroger achieves cloud-native, low-latency digital transformation with YugabyteDB

A modern data layer accelerates Kroger's digital transformation

Kroger, the largest U.S. supermarket chain, faced a legacy on‑premises stack of monolithic applications and traditional databases that limited developer velocity, increased costs, and hindered multi‑cloud and geo‑distributed needs for modern eCommerce services. To modernize shopping carts, shopping lists and customer‑facing apps, Kroger selected YugabyteDB as the cloud‑native, cloud‑agnostic data layer to meet requirements for geo‑distributed ACID transactions, multi‑API support, and microservices agility.

YugabyteDB was deployed in multi‑region clusters with synchronous replication and geo‑distribution, delivering single‑digit millisecond latency (under 10 ms) and bi‑directional replication for key apps. The YugabyteDB solution eliminated database lock‑in, simplified migrations with PostgreSQL/CQL compatibility, accelerated developer productivity, and provided scalable, highly available infrastructure to support millions of shoppers while enabling Kroger’s ongoing digital transformation.

Kroger

Mahesh Tyagarajan

VP Engineering