Kroger Inventory, LIFO Reserve increased by 1.9% to $2.55B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.2%, from $2.40B to $2.55B. Over 5 years (FY 2021 to FY 2026), Inventory, LIFO Reserve shows an upward trend with a 13.2% CAGR.
An increasing reserve typically signals a long-term inflationary environment for the company's cost of goods sold.
This represents the difference between the cost of inventory calculated under the LIFO method and the cost calculated un...
Common in US retail; peers using LIFO will report this to allow for FIFO-based comparability.
other_inventory_lifo_reserve| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.41B | $1.46B | $1.57B | $1.66B | $1.96B | $2.20B | $2.30B | $2.33B | $2.31B | $2.35B | $2.37B | $2.40B | $2.44B | $2.51B | $2.55B |
| QoQ Change | — | +3.3% | +7.8% | +5.9% | +18.0% | +11.9% | +4.5% | +1.4% | -0.8% | +1.8% | +0.9% | +1.4% | +1.7% | +2.5% | +1.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +17.9% | +34.7% | +39.9% | +38.0% | +18.6% | +5.1% | +2.4% | +1.9% | +4.1% | +4.0% | +5.7% | +6.2% |