EXECUTIVE CHANGES: FORMER SAFEWAY EXECUTIVE HEADS DOLLAR GENERAL...AFFILIATED FOODS' CEO FROEHLICH TO RETIRE

FORMER SAFEWAY EXECUTIVE HEADS DOLLAR GENERAL

orp. here named Lawrence Jackson president and chief operating officer, effective Sept. 22. Jackson succeeds Donald S. Shaffer, who resigned in May. Prior to joining Dollar General, Jackson was senior vice president of supply operations at Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif.

Dollar General operates 6,500 stores in 27 states.

AFFILIATED FOODS' CEO FROEHLICH TO RETIRE

NORFOLK, Neb. -- Virgil Froehlich, chief executive officer of Affiliated Foods Midwest, a retailer-owned food cooperative here, announced he will retire on Jan. 1, 2004. Froehlich has served 27 years as Affiliated's senior executive. Martin Arter is president of the cooperative that represents more than 800 stores in 10 states.

Froehlich said in a report that "Affiliated needs to complete the transition to a new leadership team, and build on its strengths for its long-term future. I will clear the way for President Martin Arter's continuing growth."