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ERLANGER, Ky. — Kroger Co. leaders see some encouraging signs in customers buying pricier groceries such as Boar’s Head meats, Starbucks coffee, wines and natural foods but say the economy overall remains uncertain and volatile.
David Dillon, chairman and chief executive of the nation’s largest traditional grocer, told an investors conference near Cincinnati on Wednesday that food-stamp usage has doubled since the beginning of the recession and remains high and that consumers remain cautious amid high unemployment and a housing slump.
