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Money / PACs

The Kroger Co.

The Kroger Co. Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00059238

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$97K
Company lobbying, all issues $2.6M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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The Kroger Co. reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice 8 of 8 · 8 more · Show all 15
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities7 of 87/8
  • Budget/Appropriations2 of 82/8
  • Telecommunications2 of 82/8
  • Defense1 of 81/8
  • Energy/Nuclear1 of 81/8
  • Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs1 of 81/8
  • Pharmacy1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 52 bills, this period

47 more, 20 named in only one filing · Show all 52

From the filings

“H.R. 4966/S.3892 - Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act; Issues related to the Lower 900 MHz band/NextNav petition; S. 3387 - One Fair Price Act; H.R. 8895 - No Rigged Grocery Prices Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
“H.R.2853/S.1404- Combating Organized Retail Crime Act; H.R.8413 - The SECURE Data Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • White House Office
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Office of Policy Development
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by The Kroger Co., Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 46 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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