Kroger agrees to pay California $122 million in a settlement for not properly overseeing opioid dispensing, with plans to begin payments in early 2025. Funds will support opioid abatement programs.

Kroger did not admit to wrongdoing in the settlement, but it did agree to pay nearly $1.4 billion over the coming 11 years to California and other plaintiffs.

Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs, agreed to pay up to $122 to California to resolve allegations that it failed to adequately monitor opioids distributed by its pharmacies.

Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs, will pay California north of $120 million as part of its $1.37 billion settlement related to the opioid crisis, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday.

Kroger finalized a $1.37 billion settlement in connection with the grocery chain’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said.

Colorado is set to receive nearly $70 million of the Kroger settlement that addresses the grocery store chain's role in the opioid crisis.

Supermarket chain Kroger has finalized a nearly $1.4 billion agreement to settle the majority of the claims made by states, counties and Native American tribes that accused the company of helping fuel the opioid epidemic.

The settlement is part of a national agreement announced last year. The grocery chain will pay a total of $1.37 billion to settle claims by 30 states related to the opioid crisis.