---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-113746"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:57:45.490586+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger to close three automated fulfillment centers; expects $2.6B impairment charge in Q3 2025

## Summary
- Closes facilities in Pleasant Prairie, WI; Frederick, MD; and Groveland, FL in January 2026.
- Impairment charge of ~$2.6B in Q3 2025 due to closures and underperforming automated fulfillment network.
- Expects eCommerce profitability improvement of ~$400M in 2026 through simplified hybrid model.
- Expands Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats partnerships to offer delivery in as little as 30 minutes.
- Maintains neutral effect on identical sales without fuel; store-based and automated fulfillment continue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-113746
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.06, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925113746/0001104659-25-113746-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925113746/tm2531591d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-113746.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6e6811cfa896b8170fb0175cabd1f446a42f66d0
  claim: KROGER CO announced a impairment with charges of approximately $2.6 billion affecting certain fulfillment centers in the United States.
  evidence_excerpt: On November 18, 2025, The Kroger Co. (“Kroger” or the “Company”) announced updates to its eCommerce plan. In connection with the foregoing, the Company will close certain fulfillment centers in the United States. The Company expects to incur impairment and related charges in the third fiscal quarter of 2025 of approximately $2.6 billion as a result of these closures and the rest of the automated fulfillment network not meeting financial expectations.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925113746/0001104659-25-113746-index.htm

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