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Jun 18 ◎

KR FY2026 Q1 Watch

The Kroger Co. (KR) FY2026 Q1 Earnings Call

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Greg Foran

Management expresses cautious optimism: solid Q1 results and improving share trends, but acknowledges cost and execution challenges, with guidance reaffirmed but not raised.

"We are balancing two things at once, delivering results in the short term while making the changes required to improve the business long term. Both matter, and we intend to do both."

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David Kennerly

Kroger's e-commerce business turned profitable this quarter ahead of schedule, driven by store-based fulfillment and media growth, signaling a shift that may pressure pure-play grocery delivery models. — Improving e-commerce economics at a major grocer could intensify competition for third-party delivery platforms and reduce their long-term growth prospects.

"Our new third-party partnerships with DoorDash and Uber Eats allow us to leverage our store network, provide faster delivery, and reach new customers."

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David Kennerly

Alphabet strengthens its advertising platform by integrating Kroger's first-party retail data, enhancing targeting capabilities.

"With Google's Display and Video 360 platform, advertisers can now use KPM's retail signals to reach audiences across YouTube and YouTube TV with SKU-level conversion reporting available for the first time."

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David Kennerly

TikTok gains a significant retail media partnership, expanding its advertising offerings with robust purchase data.

"We're also the first retail media network set to launch a self-service collaboration with TikTok, giving brands direct access to KPM audiences within one of today's most influential platforms."

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David Kennerly

Kroger reported an unexpected 15 bps gross margin headwind from higher diesel costs, indicating transportation cost pressures are spreading broadly in the supply chain. — Rising fuel costs are squeezing margins across logistics-heavy industries; competitors and carriers may face similar headwinds.

"Transportation was an unexpected headwind, resulting in 15 basis points of pressure in the quarter as higher oil prices impacted our fuel costs."

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Mar 05 ◎

KR FY2025 Q4 Watch

The Kroger Co. (KR) FY2025 Q4 Earnings Call

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Ron Sargent

Instacart will continue to be a key delivery partner, with projected $1.5B in convenience sales from Kroger in 2026.

"Together with Instacart, we expect our convenience offerings to deliver over $1.5 billion in sales in 2026, which will help us accelerate our e-commerce growth."

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David Kennerly

Guidance calls for modest top-line growth with headwinds from IRA and egg deflation, offset by price investments and e-commerce acceleration; management expresses confidence but not exuberance.

"We expect identical sales without fuel growth in a range of 1% to 2%."

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Ron Sargent

DoorDash is gaining incremental, profitable order volume from Kroger, indicating strong partnership momentum and revenue growth.

"The early results from our new relationships with DoorDash and Uber Eats have exceeded what we originally planned. They've extended our reach to customers and shopping occasions we wouldn't otherwise capture."

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Ron Sargent

Uber Eats is benefiting from Kroger's expanded convenience offering, driving incremental delivery sales.

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David Kennerly

Kroger's AI and agentic shopping initiative involves a partnership with Google, likely leveraging Google Cloud AI capabilities.

"We've obviously announced the partnership with Google."

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Greg Foran

Kroger's decisions regarding Ocado (likely the previous Ocado partnership for automated fulfillment) are viewed positively, but no new details.

"They've been hard at it and made, I think, some really good decisions around Ocado"

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David Kennerly

Kroger is aggressively renegotiating supplier agreements and going direct on imports, signaling pricing pressure on CPG intermediaries. — This could squeeze margins for middlemen and force branded suppliers to compete harder on cost.

"In fresh imports, national brands and our brands, we are renegotiating supplier agreements, going direct where we have historically used intermediaries"

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David Kennerly

Closure of Florida Fulfillment Center and sale of Vitacost will create $650M headwind to total sales in 2026, allowing Kroger to focus on more profitable e-commerce channels. — Kroger is shedding low-ROI assets to concentrate on store-based and third-party delivery, a strategic shift that may pressure legacy logistics partners.

"Total sales without fuel should be slightly lower than identical sales without fuel, reflecting an approximately $350 million headwind from the closure of our Florida Fulfillment Center and $300 million headwind from the sale of Vitacost"

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Dec 04 ◎

KR FY2025 Q3 Watch

The Kroger Co. (KR) FY2025 Q3 Earnings Call

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Ron Sargent

Kroger's shift from automated fulfillment centers to store-based delivery plus third-party partners (Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats) reduces its own capex but increases delivery volumes for these partners. — Kroger's strategy shift will funnel more grocery delivery volume to third-party platforms, benefiting their top-line growth and grocery category penetration.

"In its first month alone, we fulfilled 1 million orders, bringing new customers and incremental meal occasions to Kroger."

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Ron Sargent

Management expressed confidence in the business with raised EPS guidance and plans to make e-commerce profitable in 2026, but acknowledged consumer headwinds and cautious spending.

"We are narrowing our range for identical sales without fuel growth to a new range of 2.8% to 3% and raising the lower end of our adjusted earnings per share guidance to a new range of $4.75 to $4.80."

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Sep 11 ◎

KR FY2025 Q2 Watch

The Kroger Co. (KR) FY2025 Q2 Earnings Call

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Ron Sargent

For the first time, Kroger's e-commerce delivery sales surpassed store pickup sales, indicating a structural shift toward faster delivery options. — This shift favors delivery partners like Instacart and could accelerate investments in rapid fulfillment infrastructure.

"we're seeing a clear trend of customers opting for faster delivery times, an area where we are well positioned based on our conveniently located store network, coupled with our delivery partner, Instacart."

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Ron Sargent

Rite Aid's store closures create market share opportunities for Kroger's pharmacy business.

"Our pharmacy team is doing a really nice job. And we think there's a big opportunity in pharmacy given the Rite Aid closures"

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David Kennerly

Express Scripts (ESI) customers are returning to Kroger pharmacies, directly boosting comparable sales and indicating restored contractual access.

"This quarter, we've been pleased to welcome more ESI customers back into our stores. We continue to expect that the full return of the business will take time. And in Q2, ESI had a roughly 15 basis point positive impact on our ID sales."

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