Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY.

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Not Applicable.

SIGNATUR****ES

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 31, 2026	/s/ Ronald L. Sargent
	Ronald L. Sargent
	Chairman of the Board
	(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 31st of March 2026.

/s/ David J.C. Kennerley		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David J.C. Kennerley		(principal financial officer)

/s/ Brian W. Nichols		Group Vice President, Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer
Brian W. Nichols		(principal accounting officer)

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

*By:	/s/ George H. Vincent
	George H. Vincent
	Attorney-in-fact

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