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The Kroger Co. filings document operating results, material events, governance matters and capital-structure disclosures for the NYSE-listed grocery retailer. Recent Form 8-K reports include quarterly and annual financial results, press-release exhibits, Inline XBRL cover data and disclosures tied to eCommerce performance, identical sales excluding fuel and operating-profit measures.
Kroger's SEC records also cover shareholder meeting results, director elections, advisory executive-compensation votes, auditor ratification and shareholder proposals involving environmental, agricultural and consumer health data privacy topics. Material-event filings document impairment and related charges connected with U.S. fulfillment center closures, including related disclosure about the company's automated fulfillment network and Ocado payment obligations.
The Kroger Co. filed an amended current report to update its earlier disclosure about closing certain fulfillment centers in the United States. The company now estimates that the impairment and related charges from these closures include a cash payment to Ocado of approximately $350 million. This amount represents a significant one-time cash charge associated with shutting down these facilities and adjusting the related fulfillment arrangements.
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The Kroger Co. reported an insider equity update for Chairman and Interim CEO Ronald L. Sargent. On 12/01/2025, he acquired 349.963 phantom stock incentive shares at a derivative price of $67.55 per unit under a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom share represents the right to receive one common share when amounts are distributed from his deferred compensation account.
Following this transaction, Sargent beneficially owned 185,426 shares of Kroger common stock directly and 67,892.807 phantom stock units. According to the plan terms, the phantom stock will be distributed after the termination of his services as an Independent Director of The Kroger Co.
The Kroger Co. director reported updates to her equity holdings. As of a transaction dated 12/01/2025, she directly owned 31,025 shares of Kroger common stock.
She also acquired 124.002 phantom stock incentive shares at a reference price of $67.55 through dividend reinvestment under a Kroger deferred compensation plan. After this transaction, she held a total of 24,056.387 phantom stock units, each representing the right to receive one Kroger common share when amounts are distributed from her deferred compensation account.
The phantom stock will be distributed after her service as an independent director ends, meaning these awards track Kroger’s stock value for compensation purposes but are settled in shares at a later date rather than immediately.
The Kroger Co. director reports new deferred stock units. On 12/01/2025, a Kroger director filed a Form 4 showing an acquisition of 79.349 phantom stock incentive shares at $67.55 per unit under a deferred compensation plan. After this transaction, the director beneficially owned 15,393.62 phantom stock units and 4,083.512 shares of Kroger common stock in direct ownership.
Each phantom share represents the right to receive one Kroger common share upon distribution from the deferred compensation account, with distribution to occur after the director’s service as an independent director ends.
The Kroger Co. director reports additional phantom stock and total holdings. A Kroger independent director reported acquiring 55.007 phantom stock incentive shares on 12/01/2025 at a derivative price of $67.55 per unit. Each phantom share represents the right to receive one Kroger common share upon distribution from the director’s deferred compensation account, generally after service as an independent director ends.
Following this transaction, the director beneficially owns 49,307 Kroger common shares directly and 10,671.501 phantom stock units directly. The phantom shares were acquired through dividend reinvestment in a deferred compensation plan, so they track the value of Kroger stock without being traditional shares until distributed.
The Kroger Co. reported that it is updating its eCommerce plan and will close certain U.S. fulfillment centers. As a result of these closures and the automated fulfillment network not meeting financial expectations, Kroger expects to record approximately $2.6 billion in impairment and related charges in its third fiscal quarter of 2025. The company also issued a press release describing these actions, which is furnished as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.
The Kroger Co. (KR): Schedule 13G filed by Wellington entities. Wellington Management Group LLP, together with Wellington Group Holdings LLP and Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, reported beneficial ownership of 33,367,551 shares of Kroger common stock, representing 5.04% of the class as of 09/30/2025.
The filing lists shared voting power of 32,206,618 shares and shared dispositive power of 33,367,551 shares, with no sole voting or dispositive power. The shares are owned of record by clients of Wellington-affiliated investment advisers. The certification states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control.
Kroger Co. (KR) reported an insider Form 4 for a Group Vice President detailing equity grants on 09/26/2025. The filing shows 2,445 shares of common stock acquired at $0 as a restricted stock award, increasing the officer’s directly owned shares to 30,713.
The officer was also granted a non-qualified stock option for 3,639 shares at an exercise price of $65.46, expiring on 09/26/2035. Both the restricted stock and the options vest in equal annual installments of 25% over four years, beginning one year after the grant date.
Elaine L. Chao, a director of The Kroger Co. (KR), reported changes in her beneficial ownership on transactions dated 09/30/2025. The filing shows a disposition of 4,083.512 shares of Kroger common stock. It also reports an acquisition of 378.3511 phantom shares under a deferred compensation plan, which correspond to 1,590.921 underlying common shares valued at $67.41 per share for reporting purposes. After these transactions the reported beneficial ownership totals 5,265.6137 shares held directly. The filing explains that each phantom share represents the right to a cash payment equal to one share's value and that phantom shares are payable in cash following termination of the reporting person’s service as an independent director.