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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001771515-25-000152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GO"
cik: "0001771515"
company_name: "Grocery Outlet Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:58:36.661902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grocery Outlet appoints Frank Kerr as EVP, Chief Store Operations Officer

## Summary
- Frank Kerr appointed EVP, Chief Store Operations Officer, effective September 15, 2025.
- Kerr joins from Lidl US, where he served as SVP Operations and Chief Customer Officer.
- Previously VP of Retail Operations at Save A Lot, overseeing over 900 licensed stores.
- CEO Jason Potter cites Kerr's operational expertise to support independent operators and drive profitable growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001771515-25-000152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GO
- cik: 0001771515
- company_name: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151525000152/0001771515-25-000152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151525000152/go-20250826.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-25-000152.txt

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