Food 4 Less is the name of several grocery store chains, the largest of which is currently owned by Kroger.[2] It is a no-frills grocery store where the customers bag their own groceries at the checkout. Kroger operates Food 4 Less stores in the Chicago metropolitan area (Illinois and Indiana), the Fresno area, the Bakersfield area and Southern California. Kroger operates their stores as Foods Co in northern and central California, because they do not have the rights to the Food 4 Less name in those areas. Other states, such as Nevada,[3] formerly contained Kroger-owned Food 4 Less stores.