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Kroger swings to Q3 2025 loss despite modest sales growth

December 5, 2025

Kroger swings to Q3 2025 loss despite modest sales growth Kroger has maintained its outlook for annual operating income at $4.8bn to $4.9bn. Credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock. com · Retail Insight Network · Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock. com Shubhendu Vimal Fri, December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM GMT+5:30 1 min read KR Kroger has posted a net loss of $1.32bn for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, reversing from net income of $618m in the same quarter a year earlier. The supermarket and multi-department store operator reported an operating loss of $1.54bn for the period, compared with operating profit of $828m in the third quarter of 2024.

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Quarterly sales edged up to $33.85bn, slightly above the $33.63bn recorded a year previously.
Identical sales, excluding fuel, increased 2.6% in the quarter.
Gross margin for the three-month period was 22.8% of sales, up from 22.4% in the corresponding quarter of 2024.
For the full year, Kroger now anticipates adjusted earnings of $4.75 to $4.80 per share, narrowing and slightly raising the lower end of its previous forecast of $4.70 to $4.80 per share.
The company expects identical sales, excluding fuel, to grow between 2.8% and 3% in 2025.

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Kroger swings to Q3 2025 loss despite modest sales growth

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