---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-118905"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:24:12.122877+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger estimates $350M cash payment to Ocado for fulfillment center closures

## Summary
- Amendment to Nov 18 8-K adds estimated cash charge of approx. $350 million payable to Ocado.
- Charge results from closure of certain U.S. fulfillment centers, determined Dec 4, 2025.
- No other financial details or ongoing obligations disclosed in this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-118905
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.06
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925118905/0001104659-25-118905-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925118905/tm2532855d1_8ka.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-118905.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7c18f2fa6e80d3d2e988052ec24624bde916d3b3
  claim: KROGER CO announced a impairment with charges of approximately $350 million affecting certain fulfillment centers in the United States.
  evidence_excerpt: On December 4, 2025, the Company determined the impairment and related charges as a result of the closure of certain fulfillment centers in the United States includes a cash payment to Ocado of approximately $350 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925118905/0001104659-25-118905-index.htm

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