Also. . .

* Sammy K. Duncan has been promoted to president of the 402-store Compton-based Ralphs Grocery Co. chain. A former executive vice president of Fred Meyer Inc., Ralphs’ Portland, Ore.-based parent company, Duncan will oversee sales, marketing and store operations for the Ralphs, Hughes and Food 4 Less stores.

* John R. Schueler, president and chief operating officer of the Orange County Register, is departing the Santa Ana-based newspaper to become publisher of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis/St. Paul, the nation’s 16th-largest daily newspaper and 12th-largest on Sunday. The Tribune’s parent company, Cowles Media Co., was sold in March to Sacramento-based McClatchy Co.