The Buzz

Picture this: A stately dining room with a massive table loaded with food and surrounded by family members who are chatting and dining. A young lady lefts her left hand to display an engagement ring — and the room falls silent.

“He went to Kroger’s,” someone says.

“Kroger’s?” the crowd shouts.

That’s right, Kroger’s — or more precisely, Fred Meyer Jewelers, a company Kroger has owned for 10 years ago.

Fred Meyer Jewelers will have a 1,305-square-foot store within the Kroger Marketplace that opens April 22 on Beaumont Centre Circle in Lexington.

Don’t shop at Beaumont? Not a problem.

A Fred Meyer Jeweler store will be opening later at the Kroger on Richmond Road, which is being expanded into a Kroger Marketplace, says Meyer spokeswoman Kirsten Darrow.

Kroger has Fred Meyer Jeweler stores in two Northern Kentucky Marketplaces so the Beaumont store will be No. 3 in Kentucky and No. 388 nationally.

Talk about convenience.

You’ll soon be able to get a ring, a dozen roses and a box of candy while you pick up your weekly groceries. Now if Guest Services could only issue wedding licenses …

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