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Kroger Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 8/15/20 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 9/22/20, at 10:44am ET   ·   For:  8/15/20   ·   Accession #:  1558370-20-11232   ·   File #:  1-00303

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 9/22/20  Kroger Co.                        10-Q        8/15/20   48:5.9M                                   Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.08M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
21: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     69K 
32: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     73K 
38: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     48K 
39: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
40: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    107K 
41: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     27K 
42: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    124K 
43: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareowners'  HTML    118K 
                Equity                                                           
44: R9          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareowners'  HTML     20K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
11: R10         Accounting Policies                                 HTML     24K 
12: R11         Debt Obligations                                    HTML     39K 
13: R12         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     99K 
14: R13         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     94K 
15: R14         Recently Adopted Accounting Standards               HTML     19K 
16: R15         Recently Issued Accounting Standards                HTML     18K 
17: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     20K 
18: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    106K 
19: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     19K 
20: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     17K 
22: R20         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML     25K 
23: R21         Debt Obligations (Tables)                           HTML     37K 
24: R22         Benefit Plans (Tables)                              HTML     94K 
25: R23         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     91K 
26: R24         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    107K 
                (Tables)                                                         
27: R25         Accounting Policies - Description of Business       HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R26         Debt Obligations (Details)                          HTML     58K 
29: R27         Benefit Plans - Components of Net Periodic Benefit  HTML     42K 
                Costs (Details)                                                  
30: R28         Benefit Plans - Defined Contribution Plan           HTML     17K 
                Information (Details)                                            
31: R29         Benefit Plans - Multi Employer Plan (Details)       HTML     33K 
33: R30         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     41K 
34: R31         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     55K 
                Changes in Aoci by Component (Details)                           
35: R32         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     41K 
                Items Reclassified Out of Aoci (Details)                         
36: R33         Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate (Details)  HTML     21K 
37: R34         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     18K 
46: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     83K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- kr-20200815x10q_htm                 XML   1.32M 
45: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     51K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- kr-20200815_cal                 XML    160K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- kr-20200815_def                  XML    203K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- kr-20200815_lab                       XML    796K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- kr-20200815_pre                XML    487K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- kr-20200815                           XSD     90K 
47: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              217±   316K 
48: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001558370-20-011232-xbrl      Zip    192K

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<xsd:element name="DepositsInTransit" id="kr_DepositsInTransit" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant"/>
<xsd:element name="FiscalYearAbstract" id="kr_FiscalYearAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element name="IncreaseDecreaseInStoreDepositsInTransit" id="kr_IncreaseDecreaseInStoreDepositsInTransit" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element name="IssuanceOfCommonStockAbstract" id="kr_IssuanceOfCommonStockAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<element id="kr_OperatingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense" name="OperatingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<xsd:element name="OtherDebtMember" id="kr_OtherDebtMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element name="PensionExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans" id="kr_PensionExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<element id="kr_RecentlyIssuedAccountingStandardsAbstract" name="RecentlyIssuedAccountingStandardsAbstract" nillable="true" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<xsd:element name="ReconciliationOfCapitalExpendituresAbstract" id="kr_ReconciliationOfCapitalExpendituresAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<element id="kr_RestrictedStockAwardsShares" name="RestrictedStockAwardsShares" nillable="true" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_RestrictedStockAwardsValue" name="RestrictedStockAwardsValue" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockExchangedShares" name="StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockExchangedShares" nillable="true" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockExchangedValue" name="StockOptionsAndRestrictedStockExchangedValue" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<xsd:element name="TreasuryStockActivityAbstract" id="kr_TreasuryStockActivityAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<xsd:element name="UndistributedAndDistributedEarningsToParticipatingSecurities" id="kr_UndistributedAndDistributedEarningsToParticipatingSecurities" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
<element id="kr_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssets" name="IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssets" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_ReconciliationAdjustmentLeaseBuyouts" name="ReconciliationAdjustmentLeaseBuyouts" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_ReconciliationAdjustmentIncreaseDecreaseInConstructionInProgressPayables" name="ReconciliationAdjustmentIncreaseDecreaseInConstructionInProgressPayables" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_DescriptionOfBusinessBasisOfPresentationAndPrinciplesOfConsolidationAbstract" name="DescriptionOfBusinessBasisOfPresentationAndPrinciplesOfConsolidationAbstract" nillable="true" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_UnitedFoodAndCommercialWorkersInternationalUnionUfcwConsolidatedPensionPlanMember" name="UnitedFoodAndCommercialWorkersInternationalUnionUfcwConsolidatedPensionPlanMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlansCommitmentAndWithdrawalObligationBeforeTax" name="MultiemployerPlansCommitmentAndWithdrawalObligationBeforeTax" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlansCommitmentAndWithdrawalObligationAfterTax" name="MultiemployerPlansCommitmentAndWithdrawalObligationAfterTax" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_LongTermDebtAndFinanceLeaseCurrent" name="LongTermDebtAndFinanceLeaseCurrent" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_LongTermDebtAndFinanceLease" name="LongTermDebtAndFinanceLease" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingLeaseLiabilities" name="IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingLeaseLiabilities" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_OperatingLeaseExpenseNetOfSubleaseIncome" name="OperatingLeaseExpenseNetOfSubleaseIncome" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeEffectOfAdoption" name="OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCumulativeEffectOfAdoption" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_ProceedsFromContractAssociatedWithSaleOfBusiness" name="ProceedsFromContractAssociatedWithSaleOfBusiness" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_ForwardStartingInterestRateSwapWithMaturityDatesOfJanuary2021Member" name="ForwardStartingInterestRateSwapWithMaturityDatesOfJanuary2021Member" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_DeferredSocialSecurityTaxes" name="DeferredSocialSecurityTaxes" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_SeniorNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyMember" name="SeniorNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_DeferredSocialSecurityTaxPaymentPeriod" name="DeferredSocialSecurityTaxPaymentPeriod" nillable="true" type="us-types:durationStringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlanIncrementalContributions" name="MultiemployerPlanIncrementalContributions" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlanIncrementalContributionsNetOfTax" name="MultiemployerPlanIncrementalContributionsNetOfTax" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlansTransitionReserveContribution" name="MultiemployerPlansTransitionReserveContribution" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlansWithdrawalLiabilityAndTransitionReserveContribution" name="MultiemployerPlansWithdrawalLiabilityAndTransitionReserveContribution" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
<element id="kr_MultiemployerPlansWithdrawalLiabilityInstallmentPeriod" name="MultiemployerPlansWithdrawalLiabilityInstallmentPeriod" nillable="true" type="xbrli:durationItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"/>
</xsd:schema>

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