• Kroger held its fiscal Q2 2026 earnings call with CEO Gregory S. Foran, CFO David Kennerley, investors, analysts.
• Identical sales excluding fuel rose 0.2%; Cyclospora outbreak cut about 35 bps, Inflation Reduction Act cut about 140 bps.
• Full-year identical sales excluding fuel outlook lowered to 0.2%-0.8% from 1%-2%; adjusted EPS kept at $5.10-$5.30.
• Adjusted EPS was $1.09; adjusted FIFO operating profit was $1.1 billion; FIFO gross margin ex-fuel rose 13 bps.
• Adjusted eCommerce sales rose 20% with a second straight profitable quarter; retail media revenue rose 24%.

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