Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets has hired Mike Gross to join the company as its VP of center store sales and merchandising.
In this role, Gross will oversee the day-to-day category management, merchandising and pricing for the company’s grocery, dairy, frozen, HBC/GM and adult beverage departments. He will be reporting to Bob Gleeson, SVP of merchandising and marketing.
During his 25-year food retail career, Gross has worked in store operations, merchandising and category management at Shoppers Food and Pharmacy, SuperValu and most recently Cub Foods/UNFI in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Gross is originally from Frederick, Maryland. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Maryland.
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets Inc. is a Mid-Atlantic food retailer operating 198 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia.
For more information, visit WeisMarkets.com.
Weis Markets was recently awarded the first Sustainable Food Retail certification. To read the full story from The Shelby Report, click here.
