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4
The Year Ahead
Kroger is on pace to deliver another record year. Revenues will approach $100 billion for the first time.
We will continue to execute our Customer 1st Strategy, coupled with our renewed commitment to
growth,฀to฀make฀a฀difference฀for฀Customers฀and฀create฀value฀for฀Shareholders฀in฀2013.฀By฀targeting฀capital฀
investments฀to฀grow฀our฀business฀in฀new฀and฀existing฀markets฀and฀leveraging฀dunnhumby฀insights฀to฀solve฀
varied Customer needs, we expect to achieve fully diluted earnings per share growth of 8% to 11% plus the
dividend over time.
As you can see, the future is bright for Kroger. We are bullish about our ability to sustain the strong
momentum that we generated in 2012. In many ways, our fiscal 2012 results served as a great example of our
ability to continually grow. We are enthusiastic about all that is to come in the year ahead, which will surely
be an exciting and significant one for Kroger.
On฀behalf฀of฀the฀entire฀Kroger฀family,฀thank฀you฀for฀your฀continued฀trust฀and฀support.
David B. Dillon
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer