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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Aug. 17, 2013
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE |
Schedule of earnings per common share |
|  | Second Quarter Ended |  | Second Quarter Ended |
|  | August 17, 2013 |  | August 11, 2012 |
|  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share |  | $ | 315 |  | 515 |  | $ | 0.61 |  | $ | 277 |  | 538 |  | $ | 0.52 |
Dilutive effect of stock options |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share |  | $ | 315 |  | 521 |  | $ | 0.60 |  | $ | 277 |  | 541 |  | $ | 0.51 |
|  | Two Quarters Ended |  | Two Quarters Ended |
|  | August 17, 2013 |  | August 11, 2012 |
|  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |  | Earnings (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share |  | $ | 791 |  | 515 |  | $ | 1.54 |  | $ | 713 |  | 548 |  | $ | 1.30 |
Dilutive effect of stock options |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share |  | $ | 791 |  | 520 |  | $ | 1.52 |  | $ | 713 |  | 552 |  | $ | 1.29 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation of basic net earnings per share (or unit) to diluted earnings per share (or unit). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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