POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

	The undersigned does hereby make, constitute and appoint Christine S. Wheatley,
Stacey M. Heiser, and Dorothy D. Roberts, and each of them (with full power to
each of them to act alone), her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to sign and
execute for and on her behalf, and in her name, place and stead, to sign,
execute, affix her seal, and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
any and all documents required to be filed by her under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor or comparable
requirement, with respect to her holdings or changes in holdings of securities
issued by The Kroger Co., including completing and executing a Uniform
Application for Access Codes to File on Edgar on Form ID, all in such form as
the attorney-in-fact may approve.  The attorney-in-fact may do any and all other
acts that said attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate in order to
effectuate the foregoing as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 The power granted hereby will remain in effect until revoked in writing by the
undersigned.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand and seal, this
22nd day of January, 2021.



						/s/ Judith Amanda Sourry Knox
						Judith Amanda Sourry Knox