KROGER AND UFCW LOCAL 876 IN DETROIT REACH TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 25, 2007 – The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today said it has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 876 in Detroit, Michigan.

The tentative agreement covers over 9,900 Kroger associates at 101 stores in the Detroit metropolitan area.

The UFCW will present the tentative agreement to its members for consideration. Details of the tentative agreement are not being released pending ratification.

“This tentative agreement was reached because of the hard work of both the union and the company,” said Bruce Macaulay, president of Kroger’s Great Lakes Division, which includes Kroger stores in Michigan.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is one of the nation’s largest retail grocery chains. In 2006, the Company donated $150 million to help hunger relief efforts across the country, raise awareness of breast cancer, and support local schools and organizations in the communities it serves. At the end of fiscal 2006, the Company operated (either directly or through its subsidiaries) 2,468 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banners including Kroger and Kroger Marketplace, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith’s and Smith’s Marketplace, Fry’s and Fry’s Marketplace, Dillons, QFC and City Market. Kroger also operated (either directly or through subsidiaries, franchise agreements, or operating agreements) 779 convenience stores, 412 fine jewelry stores, 631 supermarket fuel centers and 42 food processing plants. For more information about Kroger, please visit our web site at www.kroger.com.

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