UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    Form 13F

                              Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2012

Check here if Amendment [  ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [  ] is a restatement.
                                  [  ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    KR Capital Partners I, L.P.
Address: 445 Park Avenue

         New York, NY  10022

13F File Number:  28-6772

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this submission.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:      Richard K. Kravitz
Title:     Senior Vice President of the General Partner
Phone:     (212) 888-6300

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

     Richard K. Kravitz     New York, NY     October 26, 2012


Report Type (Check only one.):

[  ]         13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

[ X]         13F NOTICE.

[  ]         13F COMBINATION REPORT.


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

       Form 13F File Number          Name

       28-1361                       KR Capital Advisors, Inc.

I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.