KROGER CO — Director's Dealing 2008

Apr 3, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: KROGER CO (KR)
CIK: 0000056873
Period of Report: 2008-04-02

Reporting Person: PERRY M MARNETTE (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-04-02	Common Stock	M	36000	$22.2344	Acquired	134939.3335	Direct
2008-04-02	Common Stock	S	16100	$25.50	Disposed	118839.3335	Direct
2008-04-02	Common Stock	S	9700	$25.51	Disposed	109139.3335	Direct
2008-04-02	Common Stock	S	200	$25.52	Disposed	108939.3335	Direct
2008-04-02	Common Stock	S	5000	$25.523	Disposed	103939.3335	Direct
2008-04-02	Common Stock	S	5000	$25.56	Disposed	98939.3335	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-04-02	Non-Qualified Performance Stock Option	$22.2344	M	18000	Disposed	2008-04-16	Common Stock (18000)	Direct
2008-04-02	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$22.2344	M	18000	Disposed	2008-04-16	Common Stock (18000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The total amount of securities directly owned by the reporting person includes shares in the Company's employee benefit plans that are deemed to be 'tax-conditioned plans' pursuant to Rule 16b-3, to the extent disclosed on reports received from plan trustees.

F2: These options will vest during the first four years from the date of the grant only if the Company's stock price has achieved a 63% appreciation from the option price. Thereafter, the options vest only if the Company's stock price has achieved a minimum of 13% appreciation per annum from the date of grant or 200% appreciation, whichever is less. The options vest nine years and six months after grant, if not sooner vested.

F3: These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vest in equal annual installments in whole amounts over a five-year period, at the rate of 20% per year commencing one year from the date of the grant.