Gobs of people think that is the correct way to say it. Just yesterday, I overheard a girl talking to someone on her cellphone while standing in the produce dept, and she said "We're here at Krogers right now". I guess they assume the name is supposed to be plural, not singular. Like "MACY'S". Hmm..... . OOPS I think I am guilty of doing that with J.C.Penney . "Hey, let's go to Penney's and check out their blue jeans".
It's just a habit.........possessive plural (or whatever it's called)............. everybody says it as if the store belongs to (or is run by) someone named KROGER.
If your family, neighbors and friends all say something a certain way, you are likely to copy it without questioning.
Gobs of people think that is the correct way to say it. Just yesterday, I overheard a girl talking to someone on her cellphone while standing in the produce dept, and she said "We're here at Krogers right now". I guess they assume the name is supposed to be plural, not singular. Like "MACY'S". Hmm..... . OOPS I think I am guilty of doing that with J.C.Penney . "Hey, let's go to Penney's and check out their blue jeans".
Gobs of people think that is the correct way to say it. Just yesterday, I overheard a girl talking to someone on her cellphone while standing in the produce dept, and she said "We're here at Krogers right now". I guess they assume the name is supposed to be plural, not singular. Like "MACY'S". Hmm..... . OOPS I think I am guilty of doing that with J.C.Penney . "Hey, let's go to Penney's and check out their blue jeans".
That's not a plural. It's a possessive. When people say they're at Kroger's ( note the apostrophe S indicating the possessive form), they mean they're at Kroger's grocery store. You're more likely to use a possessive when talking about a company that is a name of a person (real or fictitious) rather a trade name. While it may sound okay to say you're at Kroger's, it doesn't sound right to say you're at Target's. Of course there's always exceptions.
