KROGER CO (KR) Risk Factors
Consumer StaplesLatest 10-K filed Mar 31, 2026Source: SEC EDGAR
WealthWire extracted and classified 19 risk factors from KROGER CO’s latest SEC filing, mapping each to a standardized risk taxonomy so they can be compared across every company and sector. The breakdown below shows how those disclosures distribute across risk categories.
Operations & people
4 factorsTechnology
3 factorsESG & reputation
3 factorsMarket & business
3 factorsFinancial
3 factorsLegal & regulatory
3 factorsRecent key developments
Concrete developments — dated events, named agreements and instruments, legal proceedings — that KROGER CO surfaced in its latest filing.
- We are currently a party to third-party legal proceedings, including opioid litigation and litigation with Albertsons.
- We have closed certain customer fulfillment centers.
- We are a party to approximately 350 collective bargaining agreements, and upon their expiration, work stoppages could occur if new contracts are not negotiated.
- We sell a significant amount of fuel in our 1,731 fuel centers.
- We have committed to paying fair wages and providing benefits collectively bargained with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and other labor unions.
- Kroger has been targeted by cyber-attackers who accessed information.
- Kroger contributes to several multi-employer pension plans based on collective bargaining agreements, and most of these plans are underfunded.
- Kroger has been designated as the named fiduciary for two multi-employer pension plans and bears the investment risk.
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