Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY.

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Not Applicable.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


	THE KROGER CO.

Dated: March 29, 2022	/s/ W. Rodney McMullen
	W. Rodney McMullen
	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
	(principal executive officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities indicated on the 29th March 2022.


/s/ Gary Millerchip		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Gary Millerchip		(principal financial officer)

/s/ Todd A. Foley		Group Vice President & Corporate Controller
Todd A Foley		(principal accounting officer)

*		Director
Nora A. Aufreiter
*		Director
Kevin M. Brown
*		Director
Elaine L. Chao
*		Director
Anne Gates
*		Director
Karen M. Hoguet
*		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
W. Rodney McMullen
*		Director
Clyde R. Moore
*		Director
Ronald L. Sargent
*		Director
J. Amanda Sourry Knox
*		Director
Mark S. Sutton
*		Director
Ashok Vemuri



* By:	/s/ Christine S. Wheatley
	Christine S. Wheatley
	Attorney-in-fact

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