Another Kroger executive departs.

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    "url": "https://www.grocerydive.com/news/kroger-executive-departure-jamie-lancaster/820471",
    "title": "Another Kroger executive departs.",
    "contact": "Joe Kelley",
    "excerpt": "Another Kroger executive departs.\n\nEighteen-year veteran Jamie Lancaster just left the grocer, marking at least the second senior-level leader to exit since Greg Foran became CEO.\n\nPublished May 18, 2026\n\nDive brief:\n\n* Long-time Kroger executive Jamie Lancaster announced on LinkedIn on Friday that he is departing from the company after 18 years.\n* Lancaster has been Kroger's global vice president of the Kroger Capability Center, a newer initiative focused on increasing productivity, for the past year, and previously held numerous senior leadership roles overseeing the company's business administration operations, according to his LinkedIn profile.\n* Lancaster is at least the second Kroger executive to leave since the grocer appointed Greg Foran as CEO in February.\n\nDive insight:\n\nLancaster led the establishment of the Kroger Capability Center during his year as the company's global vice president of the business unit, focusing \"on innovative partnerships with business leaders\" and \"enhanc[ing] operational efficiency and customer service,\" he wrote on his LinkedIn profile.\n\nHe joined Kroger in 2008 to serve as senior director of technology application services, a position he held for three years. Kroger's chief information officer then appointed Lancaster to senior director of the office of the CIO, according to his LinkedIn bio. After another three years, he became vice...",
    "summary": "Joe Kelley left The Kroger Co. as chief operating officer on Apr 1st '26.",
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    "published_at": "2026-05-18T00:00:00Z",
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    "article_sentence": "In April, Associated Wholesale Grocers appointed Joe Kelley, Kroger's former senior vice president of retail divisions, as its chief operating officer."
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