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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-079552"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-01T11:09:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-01T11:10:09.302868+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger to acquire Giant Eagle for $1.65B in cash and assumed liabilities

## Summary
- Purchase price of $1.65 billion: $1.25B cash plus $400M in assumed liabilities.
- Giant Eagle is a family-owned food and pharmacy retailer operating in OH, PA, WV, MD, and IN.
- Acquisition expected to close in 2027, subject to HSR Act waiting period and other customary conditions.
- Kroger expects limited store divestitures to secure regulatory clearance for the deal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-079552
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-01T11:09:12+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926079552/0001104659-26-079552-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926079552/tm2619434d1_8k.htm

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