Kroger Co. will host a conference call with company officers and industry analysts at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 to talk about financial results for the third quarter of the company’s fiscal 2009.

The presentation can be heard online here.

Replay of the call will be available from 1 p.m. Dec. 8 through Dec. 18.

Based in Cincinnati, Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer, has more than 326,000 employees in 2,470 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local names including Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, Fry’s, King Soopers, Smith’s, Dillons, QFC and City Market.

Domestically, the company also has 768 convenience stores, 388 jewelry stores, 818 supermarket fuel centers and 40 food processing plants.