Kroger responds after Georgia Juneteenth cakes go viral

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A Kroger spokesperson responded to viral backlash over Juneteenth cakes sold in one Georgia grocery store in a statement to Newsweek on Thursday. Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became an official federal holiday in 2021, though it has been celebrated in African American communities since the 1860s. It marks the date on which Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and officially freed slaves from the westernmost...