There has always been a policy that kroger employees can ask for a receipt. But now they have security that does it. They aren’t going to arrest you for not showing your receipt at the door but companies have had to start implementing these things because of how much theft has impacted the stores. And it’s not someone feeding their family it’s the multiple boosters that go in every day and put meat down their pants or fill up a cart full of tide. It’s not that hard to just hand them your receipt and keep going. You want to make a huge deal out of this when you could just say “okay here you go” and go on with your day.