Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. has announced the appointment of Parul Aggarwal, as VP, Controller for Wakefern Financial Services. She will report to Wakefern’s CFO Neil Falcone.
Aggarwal will oversee accounting operations, payroll, tax and compliance for Wakefern Financial Services. She will also head external financial reporting, including quarterly consolidations and financial statements, annual audited financial statements and compliance.
Prior to joining Wakefern Food Corp., Aggarwal served as senior finance manager of Mondelēz International, leading numerous financial functions in support of the U.S. business. She also previously served as lead marketing of finance at Reckitt Benckiser, led financial reporting at General Mills Canada and presided as corporate controller and financial planning and analysis lead at Kellogg’s Canada.
Aggarwal holds an MBA in finance from the Centre for Management Development in India and received a bachelor of commerce degree from Delhi University. She received her CPA from Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada in Toronto.
From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S. Founded in 1946, the cooperative includes nearly 50 member families who independently own and operate hundreds of supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
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