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"The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced that Bruce A. Lucia has been named president of the Company&amp;#39;s Atlanta division.Mr. Lucia, 44, most recently served as president of Kroger&amp;#39;s Columbus (OH) division, which operates 108 Kroger stores in Ohio and West Virginia. He has held that position since 1997.&amp;quot;Bruce Lucia is a talented, seasoned retail executive with a solid track record of achievement in a variety of key positions within Kroger,&amp;quot; said David B. Dillon, Kroger president and chief operating officer. &amp;quot;We are confident that under his strong leadership, Kroger&amp;#39;s Atlanta division will achieve further success as the premier food retailer in the Southeast.&amp;quot;Mr. Lucia joined Kroger in 1975 as a clerk in Atlanta. During his 25-year career at Kroger, he has held a variety of management positions in the Company&amp;#39;s Atlanta, Nashville, Central, Columbus and Michigan retail divisions. Prior to joining the Columbus division in 1997, Mr. Lucia was president of the Michigan division. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia.&amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m looking forward to returning to Atlanta, where I spent the first 12 years of my career,&amp;quot; Mr. Lucia said. &amp;quot;Kroger has an outstanding team of associates in the Atlanta division and I&amp;#39;m excited about the growth opportunities for our business there.&amp;quot;Kroger&amp;#39;s Atlanta division operates 164 stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger is the nation&amp;#39;s largest retail grocery chain. At the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2000, the Company operated 2,338 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under more than a dozen banners, including Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, Smith&amp;#39;s, King Soopers, Dillon, Fry&amp;#39;s, City Market, Food 4 Less and Quality Food Centers. Kroger also operates 789 convenience stores, 397 fine jewelry stores and 42 food processing plants."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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