Connecting your Kroger account

What you’ll learn

How Forkless connects to your Kroger account, what happens during the redirect, what we can and can’t see, and how to disconnect.

Before you start

You need a Kroger.com account — the same one you use for fuel points, digital coupons, or your Boost membership. If you don’t have one yet, create it at kroger.com first, then come back to Forkless.

Connecting your account is a one-time step. Forkless saves the connection so future grocery lists go to your cart in a single tap.

This works for Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, and other Kroger Co. banners. All of them run on the same account system — if you sign in to any of those store sites with the same email and password, that’s your Kroger account.

The walkthrough

Step one: tap “Send to Kroger” on your grocery list. The first time you do this, Forkless asks you to connect your account. Tap “Connect” to start.

Step two: sign in on Kroger’s site. Forkless hands you off to kroger.com. You’ll see Kroger’s logo, Kroger’s URL, and Kroger’s sign-in page — that’s expected and that’s the point. Forkless never sees your Kroger password. You enter your email and password directly on Kroger’s domain, the same way you would on the Kroger website or app.

Step three: approve the connection. Kroger shows you exactly what Forkless is asking for — read your basic profile, see which store you’ve selected, and add items to your cart — and asks you to approve. Tap “Allow.”

Step four: you’re back in Forkless, connected. The browser closes itself, you land back in the app, and the Kroger row in your settings now shows “Connected.” Tap “Send to Kroger” on your grocery list again — this time it goes straight to your cart.

That’s it. One time, two minutes.

What Forkless can and can’t see

What we can do:

• Add items to your Kroger cart
• See which store you’ve selected as your home store, plus product details we need to match grocery items
• Read enough of your Kroger profile to confirm we’re sending items to the right account

What we can’t do:

• See your Kroger password (you typed it on kroger.com, not in Forkless)
• Place an order or charge your payment method (you check out on Kroger’s site)
• See your Kroger purchase history outside of items Forkless added
• Use your Kroger account for anything other than the cart handoff

You stay in control of checkout. Forkless never finalizes an order on your behalf — that’s a deliberate product principle, not a limitation.

Disconnecting your Kroger account

You can disconnect anytime. Settings → Connected accounts → Kroger → Disconnect. Once disconnected, Forkless deletes the connection token and stops being able to add to your Kroger cart. Your grocery list stays in Forkless either way.

If you ever change your Kroger password, the connection may expire. You’ll see “Authorization Expired” on the Kroger row in settings, with a “Re-authorize” button that walks you through reconnecting in the same two-minute flow.

What’s next

• Want to switch which store your cart goes to? Read Choosing your store and pickup vs. delivery.
• Curious what happens between the meal plan and the grocery list? How your grocery list is built walks through the math.