Kroger sales on the rise
The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) reported Q3 net earnings for 2010 totaled $202.2 million, or $0.32 per diluted share.
Including fuel, Q3 total sales increased $18.7 billion, a 5.9% increase compared to $17.7 billion total sales for the same quarter of 2009.
Excluding fuel, Kroger Q3 total sales increased 3.1% over the same period last year.
Identical Q3 supermarket sales, without fuel, saw an increase of 2.4% over the same quarter in 2009.
Kroger net earnings for the first three quarters of fiscal 2010 total $837.5 million.
Kroger total sales for the first three quarters of fiscal 2010 were $62.3 billion, an increase of $4.1 billion over total sales of $58.2 billion in the same period last year.