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Kroger Gives Upbeat Outlook While Questions Swirl Around CEO

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Kroger Co. forecast higher-than-expected sales guidance, seeking to pacify concerns as questions linger about its chief executive officer’s abrupt exit.

The Cincinnati-based grocer said comparable sales excluding fuel will grow between 2% and 3%, the higher end of what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Bloomberg were expecting.