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CINCINNATI — Kroger has opened its Culinary Innovation Center in downtown Cincinnati. Construction began on the 12,000-square-foot test kitchen and education center in March 2017. The facility will be used for accelerating product development, producing new recipes for Prep + Pared Meal Kits, exploring new restaurant concepts, hosting food tastings and focus groups and increasing associates’ culinary knowledge, according to Daniel Hammer, Kroger’s vice president of culinary development and new business.