By Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO, FMI In February, we celebrate Supermarket Employee Day, which recognizes the unsung heroes within our industry who feed and foster communities. Hopefully, some of these amazing people will be inspired to become the next generation of executive leaders, as evidenced by history and how many of our board […]
Category: Executive News
Posted inIndependent Store News, Executive News, Midwest
Mayo Becomes Chief Development Officer At Save A Lot
Bill Mayo, who spent the past 29 years at Wakefern Food Corp., will be joining Save A Lot’s executive leadership team as chief development officer. Most recently, Mayo held the position of chief administrative officer where he led strategic business initiatives that drove efficiencies leveraging analytics of store-level demand management and directed business development of […]
Posted inProduce News, Executive News, Lipari Foods, West
Mission Produce Names Pawlowski Next President, COO
Mission Produce has appointed John Pawlowski to president and chief operating officer, effective April 1, with Steve Barnard continuing to serve as CEO and on the board of directors. Pawlowski has more than 25 years in the global food and foodservice industry, specializing in business development, system optimization and executive team management. He has led […]
Posted inExecutive News, Independent Store News, Midwest
Two Veteran Execs Joining Hy-Vee’s RedMedia Team
Hy-Vee has named two additions to the leadership team at RedMedia, the retail media network it launched last fall. Kathryn Mazza will be joining as SVP of RedMedia, while Britt Polihronis comes aboard as its VP of operations. Mazza most recently served as VP of media/GM retail media for DICK’S Sporting Goods, where she spent […]
Posted inAssociation News, Executive News, West
AFMA Appoints Bednar As First Female President
Lisa Bednar will become the first female president in the 80-year history of the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA) on April 1 when she takes the reins from Mark Miller, who will be retiring at the end of May. In announcing the appointment, AFMA noted that Bednar has served as its senior director of community […]
Posted inExecutive News, Northeast, Wholesaler/Distributor News
UNFI Names Tarditi As Next President, CFO
Giorgio “Matteo” Tarditi has been named president and CFO of Providence, Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI), effective April 15, when current President and CEO Sandy Douglas will relinquish the president role but remain CEO. Tarditi succeeds current CFO John W. Howard, who will leave UNFI following a transition period. “Matteo is a proven executive […]
Posted inPublix Super Markets, Executive News, Marketing News, Southeast
Longtime Publix Executive Joins Bay Food Brokerage
Bay Food Brokerage has expanded its leadership team by hiring longtime Publix Super Markets executive Nicki Crespo as director of fresh meat and private label. In her new position, Crespo will play a role in Bay Food’s private label opportunities and help guide the company in all initiatives involving meat departments in major supermarkets throughout […]
Posted inMarketing News, Executive News, Southwest
Schraad Realigning Fresh Division Team
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Schraad Sales & Marketing has realigned its Fresh Division Teams under the leadership of Chief Strategic Officer Patrick Thompson and Nathan Nixon, VP strategy of fresh. The restructure includes the promotions of Tom Williams, Clay Jones and Sherry Wood and the addition of Codie Hair to the team. According to Schraad, the […]