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• Safeway announced that Tom Keller, president of its Vons division, is retiring from the company after 40 years in the food industry, most of them with Safeway. Keller has been president of Vons since 1999.

Gary Rocheleau, currently Vice President, Retail Merchandising Execution, will lead the Vons Division on an interim basis.

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