Kroger (KR) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Ronald L. Sargent, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, was paid $14M in 2025, down 10% from $15.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 417:1, on median employee pay of $34,552.

Filed
May 13, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$14M-10% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
417:1median $34,552
CEO pay in equity
71%$10M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
93%of votes cast
CEO annualized pay
$14,400,108Used in pay-ratio calculation
CEO stock award
$10,000,077Restricted stock
Plan payout calculation
93.84%Most NEOs
Adcock incentive payout
79.39%Included merchandising metrics

How Sargent was paid

$14M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary28%Stock awards71%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Ronald L. SargentInterim Chief Executive Officer and Chairman$14,037,608
David J.C. KennerleyExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$10,353,230
Mary Ellen AdcockExecutive Vice President and Chief Merchant & Marketing Officer$6,035,094
Yael CossetExecutive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer$7,228,455
Timothy A. MassaExecutive Vice President and Associate Experience Officer$6,565,846
Todd A. FoleyFormer Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer$1,321,645
W. Rodney McMullenFormer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$843,061

What changed and why

  • 93.84%93.84% was the 2025 Annual Incentive Plan calculation applied to most NEOs’ annual incentive targets.
  • $10M$10,000,077 was Mr. Sargent’s restricted-stock award as interim CEO.
  • 79.39%79.39% was Ms. Adcock’s annual incentive payout, reflecting plan and merchandising-team metrics.
  • $14.4M$14,400,108 was Mr. Sargent’s annualized compensation used for the pay-ratio calculation.
  • $34,552417:1 was the interim CEO-to-median-associate pay ratio, with median compensation of $34,552.
  • Mr. McMullen received no equity awards in 2025 because he resigned.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.