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EXECUTIVE CHANGES

Kroger Co., Cincinnati, said Dennis Hood will retire from Fry's Food & Drug Stores, Phoenix, where he was president and chief executive officer since 1981. He will serve as chairman of Fry's executive committee until his retirement in May. The company said Michael J. Donnelly, vice president of merchandising at Fry's, has been named as Hood's successor. of limited-assortment stores. He reports to

Kroger Co., Cincinnati, said Dennis Hood will retire from Fry's Food & Drug Stores, Phoenix, where he was president and chief executive officer since 1981. He will serve as chairman of Fry's executive committee until his retirement in May. The company said Michael J. Donnelly, vice president of merchandising at Fry's, has been named as Hood's successor.

of limited-assortment stores. He reports to Jerry Garland, executive vice president of marketing. Purvis was vice president of Aldi Stores' O'Fallon, Mo., division. Also, AWG said it named Mike Danes vice president of sales at the LAS division. Danes, who reports to Purvis, was executive director of member services at AWG's Springfield, Mo., division.

Western Family, Trigard, Ore., said Alfred A. Plamann, president and CEO of Unified Western Grocers, Los Angeles, and Arthur L. Jones, president and CEO of Associated Wholesale Grocers, Seattle, have been named to the company's board.

Save-A-Lot, St. Louis, said David Hoover has been named to the new position of vice president/chief financial officer. He reports to Bill Moran, Save-A-Lot's president and CEO. Hoover was vice president of finance/corporate controller at Richfood, Richmond, Va., a company that was acquired last year by Save-A-Lot's owner, Supervalu, Minneapolis.