US grocery giant Kroger Co. has named Rick Going as head of its new Michigan division.

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The Ohio-based company said Going would oversee a business that has some 138 stores in the state of Michigan.


Going has spent 26 years at Kroger, including a role as vice president of retail operations and vice president of merchandising for Kroger’s Cincinnati/Dayton division.

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