KROGER CO — Capital/Financing Update 2009

Sep 24, 2009

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*Free Writing Prospectus Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 Registration Statement Number 333-148216*

*The Kroger Co.*

Pricing Term Sheet

Dated September 24, 2009

3.90% Notes due 2015

| Issuer: | The
Kroger Co. |
| --- | --- |
| Principal
Amount: | $ 500,000,000 |
| Security
Type: | Senior
Note |
| Maturity: | October 1,
2015 |
| Coupon: | 3.90% |
| Price
to Public: | 99.889% |
| Yield
to Maturity: | 3.921% |
| Spread
to Benchmark Treasury: | +158
bps |
| Benchmark
Treasury: | 2.375%
due August , 2014 |
| Benchmark
Treasury Spot and Yield: | 100-5
and 2.341% |
| Interest
Payment Dates: | April 1 st and October 1 st , commencing on
April 1 st , 2010 |
| Make-Whole
Call: | Treasury
Rate plus 25 basis points |
| Trade
Date: | September 24,
2009 |
| Settlement
Date: | October 1,
2009 (T+5) |
| Denominations: | $2,000
x $1,000 |
| Ratings: | Baa2
(stable outlook, Moody’s) / BBB- (credit watch positive, S&P) / BBB
(stable outlook, Fitch) |
| CUSIP/ISIN | 49835E
AA5 / US49835EAA55 |
| Joint
Bookrunners: | Banc
of America Securities LLC J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
| Co-Managers: | Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. Fortis Securities LLC Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. The Williams Capital Group, L.P. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |

*The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling*

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*Banc of America Securities LLC toll free at 1-800-294-1322 or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. collect at 212-834-4533.*

*We expect that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about the settlement date specified above, which will be the fifth business day following the date of this term sheet. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes on the date of this term sheet or the following business day will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes on the date hereof or the following business day should consult their own advisor.*

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