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FILED AS OF DATE:		20250523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250523

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KROGER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000056873
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				310345740
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0201

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00303
		FILM NUMBER:		25979582

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1014 VINE ST
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5137624000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1014 VINE ST
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45201
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>The Kroger Co.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR> incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">(IRS Employer<BR> Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1014 Vine Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, OH&nbsp;45202</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Christine S. Wheatley</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>(513) 762-4000</B></P>

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and telephone number, including area code, of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">person to contact in connection
with this report.)</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule&nbsp;pursuant to which
this form is being filed and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Rule&nbsp;13p-1 under the
Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2023.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Section&nbsp;1 &ndash; Conflict Minerals
Disclosure</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure
and Report</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">This Specialized Disclosure
Report on Form&nbsp;SD is filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(p)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule&nbsp;13p-1
thereunder, for the reporting period January&nbsp;1, 2024 through December&nbsp;31, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">A copy of &ldquo;The
Kroger Co.&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals Report&rdquo; for calendar year 2024 (the &ldquo;Report&rdquo;) is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1.01 hereto
and is publicly available at ir.kroger.com. The Report contains a discussion of the good-faith reasonable country of origin inquiry and
due diligence measures undertaken by The Kroger Co. with respect to the reporting period and is incorporated herein by reference. Information
on the Company's website is not and should not be considered part of, nor is it incorporated by reference into, this Form&nbsp;SD.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">The Report is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1.01 to
this Form&nbsp;SD and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &ndash; Exhibits</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 90%"><A HREF="tm2515552d1_ex1-01.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January&nbsp;1, 2024 to December&nbsp;31, 2024, as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form&nbsp;SD.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">THE KROGER CO.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">May&nbsp;23, 2025</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/ Christine S. Wheatley</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christine S. Wheatley</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Conflict Minerals Report of The Kroger Co.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">For the calendar-year reporting period ended December&nbsp;31, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This is the Conflict Minerals Report (&ldquo;Report&rdquo;)
of The Kroger Co. (&ldquo;Kroger&rdquo; or &ldquo;we&rdquo;) for calendar year 2024 in accordance with Section&nbsp;13(p)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule&nbsp;13p-1 and Form&nbsp;SD thereunder (collectively, the &ldquo;Rule&rdquo;). Please
refer to the text of the Rule&nbsp;and the release of the SEC adopting the Rule, SEC Release No.&nbsp;34-67716, for definitions of the
terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In accordance with the Rule, Kroger undertook
a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry with respect to those Conflict Minerals contained in products that we either manufactured
or contracted with non-affiliated third parties to manufacture, which we believe are necessary to the functionality or production of those
products (&ldquo;Necessary Conflict Minerals&rdquo;). As part of this process, we reviewed our branded products contracted by us to be
manufactured by non-affiliated third parties during the reporting period that might or do contain one or more Necessary Conflict Minerals
(the &ldquo;Covered Products&rdquo;). The Covered Products are items in the following categories: jewelry, indoor home d&eacute;cor and
lighting, and outdoor yard d&eacute;cor. We further assumed that the Conflict Minerals contained in those products are or may be necessary
to the functionality or production of the products. As a company that primarily contracts with others to manufacture products that contain
Conflict Minerals, Kroger is several levels removed from both the actual mining, and subsequent processing by smelters or refiners, of
Conflict Minerals. Kroger does not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals and makes no purchases in the Democratic Republic
of Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the &ldquo;Covered Countries&rdquo;). Given the complexity of our supply chain, we necessarily
have to rely on our direct suppliers for information regarding the origination of Conflict Minerals.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Our Conflict Minerals compliance program was designed
to follow the supplier engagement framework adopted by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development in their Due Diligence
Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, and the accompanying Supplements
for the &ldquo;3T&rsquo;s&rdquo; (tin, tungsten, and tantalum) and gold (&ldquo;OECD Due Diligence Guidance&rdquo;). Our reasonable country
of origin inquiry utilized the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition) and Global e-Sustainability
Initiative&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) to survey our first-tier suppliers. The template was designed by RBA and
GeSI, under the auspices of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance as part of their joint Responsible Mineral Initiative (formerly Conflict-Free
Sourcing Initiative) to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding the supply chain of a downstream company like
Kroger.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We previously adopted the Kroger Conflict Minerals
Policy, which is publicly available on our website at https://www.thekrogerco.com/become-a-vendor/document-library/ under subject General
Merchandise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The policy sets forth Kroger&rsquo;s expectations
that our third party suppliers will actively support our compliance efforts by: (1)&nbsp;sourcing Conflict Minerals only from facilities
located outside of the Covered Countries or that have been identified via audit by an independent third party as &ldquo;conflict free&rdquo;
if mined or processed in the Covered Countries; (2)&nbsp;completing the CMR questionnaire; (3)&nbsp;making available information on its
due diligence used in determining the source of any conflict minerals upon Kroger&rsquo;s request; and (4)&nbsp;developing policies, due
diligence frameworks, and management systems that are consistent with our policy.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">During 2024, we continued the process of ensuring
existing and new suppliers complete the Conflict Minerals survey. The survey included the CMRT and contained questions regarding (1)&nbsp;the
origin of any Conflict Minerals provided by the supplier, (2)&nbsp;the supplier&rsquo;s due diligence regarding the source of any Conflict
Minerals, (3)&nbsp;the supplier&rsquo;s conflict-free policy, if any, (4)&nbsp;the supplier&rsquo;s engagement with its direct suppliers,
and (5)&nbsp;the smelters or refiners used by the supplier and its suppliers. Based on the survey responses we have received to date;
we have seen no indication that any of the suppliers responding to our survey are sourcing or have sourced Conflict Minerals from any
of the Covered Countries.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Based on the information provided by the suppliers,
the Covered Products that may contain gold or tin are jewelry, home d&eacute;cor, outdoor yard d&eacute;cor and lighting, the Covered
Products that may contain tungsten are jewelry, outdoor yard d&eacute;cor and lighting, and the Covered Product that may contain tantalum
is lighting. The responses included varying degrees of information regarding the names and locations of smelters or refiners used by the
suppliers. However, there was not sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of all of the necessary Conflict
Minerals contained in the Covered Products, or whether these Necessary Conflict Minerals were derived from recycled or scrap sources.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Based on our reasonable country of origin inquiry,
Kroger does not have any reason to believe Conflict Minerals used in any of our brand products were sourced from one of the Covered Countries.
Because there is no reason to believe the Conflict Minerals may not have come from reputable sources, no further investigation into the
origin was completed and this Report was not subjected to an independent private sector audit.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We intend to continue to implement steps to improve
both the quality and amount of the information gathered from our suppliers through the reasonable country of origin inquiry and work with
our suppliers more collaboratively to further mitigate the risk that any necessary Conflict Minerals benefit or finance armed groups in
any of the Covered Countries. Steps taken in 2024 as a part of our Conflict Minerals compliance program include the following:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Communicated Kroger&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals Policy to applicable new suppliers and required responses
to acknowledge Kroger&rsquo;s Conflict Minerals Policy.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Required certain suppliers to complete the Conflict Minerals Survey for our brand Covered Products.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Provided training to Kroger associates who are responsible for sourcing our brand Covered Products.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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