* Front Cover * Letter to Shareholders * 2013 Community Service Award Winners * 2014 Proxy Statement   + Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders   + Proxy Statement   + Proposals to Shareholders   + Item No. 1: Election of Directors   + Item No. 2: Approval of the 2014 Long-Term Incentive and         Cash Bonus Plan   + Item No. 3: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation   + Item No. 4: Selection of Auditors   + Item No. 5: Shareholder Proposal   + Item No. 6: Shareholder Proposal   + Householding of Proxy Materials   + Appendix 1: The Kroger Co. 2014 Long-Term Incentive and         Cash Bonus Plan * 2013 Annual Report   + Financial Report 2013     - Management's Responsibility for Financial Reporting     - Management's Report on Internal Control Over           Financial Reporting     - Selected Financial Data     - Common Share Price Range     - Performance Graph     - Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     - Business     - Employees     - Stores     - Segments     - Merchandising and Manufacturing     - Seasonality     - Executive Officers of the Registrant     - Competitive Environment   + Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition         and Results of Operations     - Our Business     - Our 2013 Performance     - Results of Operations     - Common Share Repurchase Program     - Capital Investments     - Return on Invested Capital     - Critical Accounting Policies     - Recently Adopted Accounting Standards     - Recently Issued Accounting Standards     - Liquidity and Capital Resources     - Outlook   + Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   + Consolidated Balance Sheets   + Consolidated Statements of Operations   + Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income   + Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows   + Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareowners' Equity   + Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     - 1. Accounting Policies     - 2. Merger     - 3. Goodwill and Intangible Assets     - 4. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net     - 5. Taxes Based on Income     - 6. Debt Obligations     - 7. Derivative Financial Instruments     - 8. Fair Value Measurements     - 9. Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)     - 1 0. Leases and Lease-Financed Transactions     - 11. Earnings Per Common Share     - 12. Stock Option Plans     - 13. Commitments and Contingencies     - 14. Stock     - 15. Company-Sponsored Benefit Plans     - 16. Multi-Employer Pension Plans     - 17. Recently Adopted Accounting Standards     - 18. Recently Issued Accounting Standards     - 19. Quarterly Data (Unaudited) * Employee Stock Purchase Plans * Executive Officers * Operating Unit Heads * Back Cover