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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Q3: Earnings Miss on Economic Woes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Amid a crumbling economy, plagued by heavy job losses and waning consumer discretionary spending, Kroger Company KR reported lower than expected third-quarter 2009 results, dragging the shares down by 11.9% to close at $20.13 on Dec 8, 2009. Kroger&#8217;s quarterly earnings of 27 cents a share,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:36:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Kroger Company F3Q09 (Qtr End 11/7/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions You have a question from the line of Deborah Weinswig with Citigroup. Deborah Weinswig - Citigroup Thanks for all the details on the quarter. Kind of digging a bit more into how things played out by month, can you go through either by detail...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:47:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger to Roll Out 50 Murray’s Cheese Shops]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI ? The Kroger Co. here has expanded its partnership with Murray?s Cheese, a New York-based cheese importer and retailer, contracting to open 50 additional branded Murray?s store-within-a-store locations in its supermarkets over the next three years. The decision to expand the partnership with Murray?s was spurred by the success...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Offers Online Pet Insurance Discount]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI ? Kroger Co. is promoting its pet insurance by offering a limited-time $10 savings to those who enroll online. Provided by PetFirst HealthCare, the insurance helps pay for a wide array of veterinarian expenses, including accidents, illnesses, surgery, vaccinations and X-rays. Rates range from $10 to about $80 per...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Teams With WWF in Sustainable Seafood Efforts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI ? Kroger Co. has partnered with the World Wildlife Fund to develop a strategy for responsibly sourced wild seafood. Under the agreement, WWF will assist Kroger in assessing current sourcing of the company?s top 20 wild-caught seafood species in order to develop a sustainable seafood sourcing strategy. WWF will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:47:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Names Barclay SVP of HR]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI ? Kroger Co. here yesterday said it has named Kathleen S. Barclay senior vice president, human resources, effective in January 2010. She most recently headed global human resources for General Motors Corp., a position she held for more than 10 years. At Kroger, she will be responsible for leading...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:47:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Kroger Should Be on Your Shopping List]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Krieger submits: KR reported second quarter results that were stellar. Sales were up 3.5% excluding fuel sales,  earnings of 39 cents beat expectations by two cents and gross profit margin increased 59 basis points to 23.11%. In addition, debt was pared down $200 million and nearly 3 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:37:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Gains Back Market Share from Wal-Mart]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jake Berzon submits: Kroger KR reported its second quarter earnings on Tuesday morning, September 15th, 2009. Earnings were 39 cents vs. 42 cents a year ago, disappointing analysts whose consensus view was 4 cents higher. Sales for the quarter were fractionally lower, as well - $17.74 billion vs. $18.09 billion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:45:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Kroger Co. F2Q09 (Qtr End 8/15/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Deborah Weinswig from Citigroup. Deborah Weinswig - Citigroup Great. Thanks so much and thanks for all the color on the call today. You talked about some of the change in consumer behavior in your loyal households....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:18:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Supermarket Disappoints and Lowers Guidance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  Kroger KR is the nation&#8217;s largest supermarket chain, and has benefited from the consumer eating at home more often during the recession.  Furthermore, store brand items have been selling better in the last few quarters because of the trade-down effect.  However, Kroger reported a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:02:32 -0700</pubDate>
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