QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)

Schedule of quarterly data (unaudited)

	Quarter
2014	First (16 Weeks)		Second (12 Weeks)		Third (12 Weeks)		Fourth (12 Weeks)		Total Year (52 Weeks)
Sales	$	32,961	$	25,310	$	24,987	$	25,207	$	108,465
Merchandise costs, including advertising, warehousing, and transportation, excluding items shown separately below	26,065		20,136		19,764		19,547		85,512
Operating, general and administrative	5,168		3,920		3,954		4,119		17,161
Rent	217		166		162		162		707
Depreciation and amortization	581		444		456		467		1,948
Operating profit	930		644		651		912		3,137
Interest expense	147		112		114		115		488
Earnings before income tax expense	783		532		537		797		2,649
Income tax expense	274		182		172		274		902
Net earnings including noncontrolling interests	509		350		365		523		1,747
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	8		3		3		5		19
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co.	$	501	$	347	$	362	$	518	$	1,728
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share	$	0.99	$	0.71	$	0.74	$	1.06	$	3.49
Average number of shares used in basic calculation	501		485		486		486		490
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share	$	0.98	$	0.70	$	0.73	$	1.04	$	3.44
Average number of shares used in diluted calculation	507		491		492		493		497
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.165	$	0.165	$	0.185	$	0.185	$	0.700

	Quarter
2013	First (16 Weeks)		Second (12 Weeks)		Third (12 Weeks)		Fourth (12 Weeks)		Total Year (52 Weeks)
Sales	$	29,997	$	22,686	$	22,470	$	23,222	$	98,375
Merchandise costs, including advertising, warehousing, and transportation, excluding items shown separately below	23,817		18,059		17,866		18,397		78,138
Operating, general and administrative	4,593		3,506		3,537		3,558		15,196
Rent	189		139		138		147		613
Depreciation and amortization	519		387		395		402		1,703
Operating profit	879		595		534		718		2,725
Interest expense	129		99		108		107		443
Earnings before income tax expense	750		496		426		611		2,282
Income tax expense	266		176		125		184		751
Net earnings including noncontrolling interests	484		320		301		427		1,531
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	3		3		2		5		12
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co.	$	481	$	317	$	299	$	422	$	1,519
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share	$	0.93	$	0.61	$	0.58	$	0.82	$	2.93
Average number of shares used in basic calculation	514		515		515		511		514
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share	$	0.92	$	0.60	$	0.57	$	0.81	$	2.90
Average number of shares used in diluted calculation	520		521		521		517		520
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.150	$	0.150	$	0.165	$	0.165	$	0.630