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KOURKOUMELIS LEAVES FRED MEYER INC.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fred Meyer Inc., here said last week Dan Kourkoumelis, president and chief executive officer of the company's Bellevue, Wash.-based Quality Food Centers subsidiary has resigned for personal reasons. QFC, joining the chain in 1967 as a courtesy clerk. He was named executive vice president in 1983, chief operating officer in 1987, president in 1989 and chief executive officer in 1996.When

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fred Meyer Inc., here said last week Dan Kourkoumelis, president and chief executive officer of the company's Bellevue, Wash.-based Quality Food Centers subsidiary has resigned for personal reasons.

QFC, joining the chain in 1967 as a courtesy clerk. He was named executive vice president in 1983, chief operating officer in 1987, president in 1989 and chief executive officer in 1996.

When QFC acquired Hughes Markets, Irwindale, Calif., in mid-1997, Kourkoumelis relocated to southern California to become president and CEO of Hughes; however, he returned to QFC last march when the company was acquired by Fred Meyer.

In another move, Roger Cooke was named executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Fred Meyer Inc.