kroger fresh off the company's fourth quarter earning this is morning. we spoke with him before and today is his final earnings report as cfo. michaeld dovish comments from the ecb. we'll find out how much they're slashing the growth targets. that's what mario draghi will begin speaking we'll bring you the headlines as they hpeapn. stay tuned, you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc #. >>> welcome back to ""squawk box. kroger just out with fourth quarter earnings as far as the top and bottom line, a little bit light on both also weaker than expected guidance for the full year numbers cam at a time when amazon is making a push into more brook and mort area grocery stores joining us now, member of the cnbc global cfo council. there have been a few recently, mike its tough to navigate some of these waters, i guess. but what was it in the fourth quarterer? >> we actually delivered 1.9% identical sales in the fourth quarter which was slightly ahead of what the consensus estimate was. you know, there is some chatter out there that we missed the top line revenue, the fact of the matter is that retail price of fuel was about a dime a gallon ch