"Both leaders bring successful and distinguished retail experience to the roles and will help with the execution of the Restock Kroger Plan that will bring valuable changes to our customers, associates, communities and shareholders," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger's chairman and CEO.
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Wolfram will retire from the company after 38 years of distinguished service, effective on Nov. 4. Wolfram was named to her current role in 2016 and has been spearheading an “aggressive growth strategy in the Central division since joining the region as the vice president of merchandising in 2014,” Kroger said in statement.
In the last two years, the company has invested nearly $329 million in the central Indiana market, adding five new Marketplace stores and 12 new gas stations, remodeling and/or expanding 14 existing stores, building a regional training center and adding more than 1,400 new jobs to the region.
The Central division operates 138 stores with more than 19,500 associates.
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