Kroger (NYSE: KR) reported second-quarter earnings Tuesday and the results were disappointing to the Street and to options investors who may have bet the other way.
First, the bottom line up front. The grocery retailer earned 39 cents per share, down from 42 cents in the year-ago period and a nickel short of what analysts were expecting. Sales, meanwhile, dipped to $17.7 billion from $18.1 billion, also falling shy of Wall Street's consensus view.




