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CINCINNATI -- Lynn Marmer, group v.p./corporate affairs for The Kroger Co. here, will discuss how corporations and non-profits can meaningfully measure their impact on social investments, particularly cause campaigns, as a speaker at the Cause Marketing Forum's fifth annual conference today.

CINCINNATI -- William Boehm, s.v.p. and president of manufacturing for The Kroger Co. based here, was awarded an honorary doctor of agriculture from Purdue University on May 13 for his exceptional work in agricultural economics.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United Fresh Produce Association is poised to install its new officers and board members at its upcoming meeting this weekend.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United Fresh Produce Association is poised to install its new officers and board members at its upcoming meeting this weekend.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A first-ever Produce Safety Summit was the highlight of last week's United Fresh Produce Association's annual FreshTech expo and conference here.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A first-ever Produce Safety Summit was the highlight of last week's United Fresh Produce Association's annual FreshTech expo and conference here.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. here is paying less than $3.3 million for each of the 18 Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Scott's Food & Pharmacy stores it is acquiring from Supervalu - far less than the typical $8 million to $12 million selling price for similar grocery stores -- prompting local observers to speculate that the below-market value price might make it easier for Scott's new owner to justify closing stores.

CINCINNATI -- M. Marnette Perry, s.v.p. for The Kroger Co. here, has joined Grange Mutual Casualty Co. as its 12th board member. Perry, who oversees seven divisions for the supermarket chain, fills a newly created board seat at Grange Mutual.