8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    Form 8-K

                             Current Report Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 7, 2002

                               TRUSERV CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    DELAWARE
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

       2-20910                                           36-2099896
(Commission File Number)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8600 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS                   60631-3505
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

                                  773-695-5000
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)







Item 5. Other Events.

TruServ Corporation issued the attached press release in connection with its
appointment of Thomas S. Hanemann as a fifth outside director.

Matters discussed in the attached press release may contain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the safe-harbor provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from the
expectations contained therein. The factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations
discussed therein may include factors that are beyond the company's ability to
control or estimate precisely, such as the ultimate requirements of the
company's lenders, projections about the efficiencies that may be achieved by
the company's initiatives, expectations about member response to the company
initiatives, estimates of future market conditions in the hardware industry, the
behavior of other market participants in the industry and the actions and
economic conditions in the service territories of the company's members. Other
risk factors are detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as to the date of this document. The company does
not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
this letter.

Item 7. Exhibit

99.1     Press release, dated October 7, 2002


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            TRUSERV CORPORATION
                                            (Registrant)




Date: October 8, 2002                       By /s/ David A. Shadduck
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name:  David A. Shadduck
                                            Title: Senior Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                                 [TRUSERV LOGO]

                                  PRESS RELEASE


                                              For more information contact:
                                              Shelley Hughes
                                              TruServ Corporation
                                              (773) 213-4641/shughes@truserv.com


                TRUSERV ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBER AT FALL MARKET
           Co-op appoints Thomas Hanemann as its 5th outside director


DALLAS, Oct. 7, 2002 - Veteran retailer and wholesaler Thomas S. Hanemann has
been appointed to TruServ Corporation's board of directors. Hanemann, the former
president of AutoZone, Inc., will stand for election at the company's next
annual meeting of stockholders in April 2003.

         In May 2002, Laurence L. Anderson, David Y. Schwartz and Gilbert L.
Wachsman were elected as TruServ's first outside directors as the board began a
shift from being solely composed of storeowners and TruServ's CEO. The board
then went on to appoint Judith Harrison in August 2002. With Hanemann's
appointment, the board now has five outside directors, five storeowners and
TruServ President and Chief Executive Officer Pamela Forbes Lieberman.

          "We now have our best-in-class board in place to build a best-in-class
company," said Bill Blagg, chairman of the board. "Tom is a visionary thinker
and charismatic leader with more than 30 years of retail experience. His
expertise in retailing and wholesaling will make him a great addition to our
board."

         Hanemann began his career in wholesaling in 1974 with Super D
Drugstores, the drugstore division of Malone & Hyde, a large New York Stock
Exchange grocery wholesaler. He advanced through several positions and was
ultimately named president of Super D in 1978.

         During his tenure, he expanded the company to more than 100 stores and
increased its sales to $150 million. In 1983, while serving as Super D's
president, he founded Ike's Deep Discount Drugstores, a high-volume-discount
retail drug chain selling health and beauty aids at deeply discounted prices.

         Malone & Hyde created the Fortune 500 national chain of auto parts
stores known as AutoZone. Hanemann was one of the leaders and creators of that
business and was named executive



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vice president of stores and distribution centers in 1985. In this role, he
developed a culture of superior customer service that became the cornerstone of
AutoZone's business. From 1993-1996, he served as the company's president and as
a member of its board of directors.

         Hanemann retired from AutoZone in 1996 and started his own company,
Chandler-Hanemann, L.L.C. As chief manager of the company, he created a joint
venture with his daughters to pursue a family passion--cooking. The result of
the venture is an upscale prepared food market, Cheffries.

         Hanemann earned his bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University
of Tennessee.

         TruServ, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the world's largest
member-owned cooperatives with annual sales of $2.6 billion in 2001. The TruServ
cooperative includes approximately 6,800 independent retailers worldwide
operating under store identities that include True Value, Grand Rental Station,
Taylor Rental, Home & Garden Showplace and Induserve Supply. Additional
information on TruServ and its retail identities is available at
www.truserv.com.
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