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accession: "0001104659-25-063626"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Kroger says tariffs less impactful on it than competitors; price increases last resort

## Summary
- Shareholders re-elected all 10 directors and approved executive compensation at annual meeting.
- Three shareholder proposals on cigarette pollution, farmer framework, and health data privacy rejected.
- Interim CEO Ronald Sargent: Kroger less affected by tariffs due to product mix; sourcing from less impacted areas.
- Company sees price increases as a last resort, aiming to avoid burdening customers.
- Technical audio glitch at meeting led to disclosure of final Q&A and response in Exhibit 99.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-063626
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925063626/0001104659-25-063626-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925063626/tm2519358d1_8k.htm

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