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• The Wall Street Journal reports that Campbell Soup Co. CFO Craig Owens plans to retire on May 1, and will be succeeded by Anthony P. DiSilvestro, who has been serving at the company as senior vice president of finance.


• The National Grocers Association (NGA) announced that it has hired Maggie Lyons, formerly deputy chief of staff and press secretary for Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), to be its new director of government relations, responsible for managing "legislative and regulatory efforts related to federal policies that impact the independent supermarket channel." She is a former staffer at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank.
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