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5
Retirements
Dave฀Dillon,฀who฀as฀I฀said฀in฀last฀year’s฀letter฀has฀been฀called฀“the฀grocers’฀grocer”,฀retired฀as฀Chairman฀
of฀the฀Board฀in฀December.฀We฀thank฀him฀for฀his฀ten฀incredible฀years฀as฀Chairman฀and฀CEO,฀and฀wish฀him,฀his฀
wife฀Dee,฀and฀his฀family฀much฀happiness฀as฀they฀turn฀to฀the฀next฀chapter฀in฀their฀lives.฀
We฀also฀extend฀our฀appreciation฀to฀Reuben฀Anderson,฀who฀retired฀from฀Kroger’s฀Board฀of฀Directors฀
in฀2014฀after฀23฀years฀of฀service;฀Steven฀Rogel,฀who฀retired฀from฀Kroger’s฀Board฀of฀Directors฀in฀2014฀after฀
15฀ years฀ of฀ service;฀ Bruce฀ Macaulay,฀ president฀ of฀ Kroger’s฀ Columbus฀ division,฀ who฀ retired฀ in฀ March฀ after฀
42฀years฀of฀service฀with฀the฀Company;฀and฀Katy฀Barclay,฀senior฀vice฀president฀of฀human฀resources,฀who฀retires฀
in฀the฀fall฀after฀five฀years฀developing฀Kroger’s฀human฀resources฀capabilities.฀On฀behalf฀of฀the฀entire฀Kroger฀
family,฀we฀thank฀each฀of฀these฀individuals฀for฀their฀service฀and฀leadership.฀
It฀ is฀ my฀ great฀ honor฀ to฀ continue฀ working฀ with฀ one฀ of฀ the฀ strongest฀ management฀ teams฀ in฀ the฀ retail฀
industr y.
* * *
We are a company inspired by purpose:฀To฀lift฀up฀our฀customers฀and฀each฀other,฀to฀make฀someone’s฀
day฀brighter,฀whether฀through฀a฀smile,฀making฀dinner฀easier,฀or฀extending฀a฀hand฀to฀a฀friend.฀Our฀purpose฀
extends฀well฀beyond฀our฀store฀walls,฀and฀we฀strive฀to฀be฀good฀stewards฀for฀our฀customers฀and฀associates,฀
planet and communities.
I฀am฀pleased฀to฀say฀we฀fulfilled฀our฀commitments฀to฀our฀shareholders,฀customers฀and฀associates฀in฀2014.฀
While฀ we฀ are฀ proud฀ of฀ the฀ strong฀ year฀ behind฀ us,฀ we฀ are฀ looking฀ ahead.฀ We฀ intend฀ to฀ continue฀ growing฀
market฀share฀and฀share฀of฀loyalty,฀and฀growing฀our฀top฀and฀bottom฀lines.฀There is much more to come.
On฀behalf฀of฀our฀entire฀team,฀thank฀you฀for฀your฀continued฀confidence฀in฀Kroger.฀
W.฀Rodney฀McMullen
Chairman฀and฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer