---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-012963"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:29:08.363281+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger appoints David Kennerley as CFO, effective April 3, 2025

## Summary
- Kennerley, 51, joins from PepsiCo Europe where he was SVP & CFO since 2020.
- Will receive $800K base salary, $800K target bonus, $1.35M cash sign-on, and $2.8M in restricted shares.
- Todd Foley, interim CFO, will remain SVP and support transition until retirement after Q1 2025.
- Kennerley also eligible for annual long-term equity grants with current target value of $3.1M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-012963
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925012963/0001104659-25-012963-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925012963/tm256429d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012963
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012963.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-012963.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a0cb9a11ab
  claim: Todd Foley changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at KROGER CO.
  evidence_excerpt: Todd Foley, Kroger’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in that role until April 3, 2025, following which Mr. Foley will remain a Senior Vice President of the Company and continue to serve on the senior leadership team to support the Company until his retirement at the end of first quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925012963/0001104659-25-012963-index.htm
- claim_id: fa826bca51
  claim: David Kennerley was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at KROGER CO.
  evidence_excerpt: On February 12, 2025, The Kroger Co. (“Kroger” or the “Company”) appointed David Kennerley, 51, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of April 3, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925012963/0001104659-25-012963-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.