THE KROGER CO.

Lobbying client · Ohio · filed 2025 to 2026

American retail company

$370,000 Reported spend

6 Filings counted

1 Firms hired

7 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 6 filings. 2 further filings on this record were restated by a later amendment and are left out of every total here. Everything on this page is grouped by the client's LDA id (204430), not by name.

Firms hired 1

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC $370,000 6 filings

Bills named in these filings 7

HR 2495
Nutrition CARE Act of 2025

6 filings
HR 1317
I CAN Act

3 filings
HR 5371
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and E…

3 filings
HR 7567
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026

2 filings
HCONRES 14
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth…

1 filing
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

1 filing
HR 3164
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $120,000 2 filings
2025 $250,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 6

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
SENATE 6
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 2
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 2

Recent filings 8 total

Q2

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $70,000 income · posted Oct 22, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Oct 17, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC Amended

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $70,000 income · posted Oct 2, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $60,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC Amended

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $70,000 income · posted Apr 17, 2025

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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.