Tops Friendly Markets, Williamsville, New York, has appointed grocery veteran Kristen Hanson VP of center store sales and merchandising. Hanson will lead all functions of sales and merchandising in edible and non-food grocery, dairy-frozen, general merchandising, health and beauty care, pharmacy, Tops’ fuel business and merchandising supply chain. Hanson served as VP at Delhaize America […]
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Whole Foods Market Promotes Lorenzen To Pacific Northwest Regional President
Whole Foods Market has appointed Angela Lorenzen regional president of the company’s Pacific Northwest region. She will oversee 22 stores in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, including a store that opened this week in Eugene, Oregon, and a store in Victoria, B.C., opening in November. Lorenzen previously served Whole Foods Market’s Northern California region in various leadership roles, including […]
Brookshire Grocery Co. Promotes Four Officers
Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) has promoted four of its leaders. Kyle McCoy is EVP and CFO; Holly Shotts is VP and controller; and Cindy Murphy and Curtis Wiggins are VPs of information technology. McCoy, who most recently was the Tyler, Texas-based grocer’s SVP and treasurer, joined BGC in 1998 as an accountant. He has served […]
Whole Foods Taps Former Walmart, Starbucks Execs For Global VP Roles
Whole Foods Market is welcoming three new global VPs: Sonya Gafsi Oblisk, global VP of marketing; Martin Tracey, global VP of team member services; and Brooke Buchanan, global VP of communications. “We are thrilled to welcome Sonya, Martin and Brooke to our senior leadership team,” said Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. “They are […]
iFoster Co-Founder Touts Grocery Industry For Support In Creation Of Hiring Program
Serita Cox, executive director and co-founder of iFoster along with her husband Reid Cox, recently chatted with The Shelby Report about the organization, its beginnings and its many accomplishments in just a few short years. She also speaks to how the grocery and foodservice industries helped iFoster create its growing jobs/hiring program. “…The grocery industry […]
Bashas’ Appoints New Director Of Communications And Public Affairs
Chandler, Arizona-based Bashas’ Family of Stores, the family-owned grocer that operates Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods, Eddie’s Country Store and both Bashas’ and Bashas’ Diné supermarkets, has appointed Ashley Shick director of communications and public affairs. A seasoned communications professional whose career has been rooted in media and public relations, strategic community partnerships, marketing communications […]
Hy-Vee Promotes Two To EVP
Hy-Vee has promoted two senior leaders—Jeremy Gosch and Donna Tweeten—to EVP; they join only six others selected to help guide the regional supermarket chain based in West Des Moines, Iowa. Gosch, formerly SVP and chief merchandising officer, was named EVP of strategy and chief merchandising officer. Tweeten, formerly SVP and chief marketing officer, was promoted […]
Ralphs President To Retire After 44 Years Of Service
The Kroger Co. has reported that Donna Giordano, Ralphs division president, will retire effective July 23, after 44 years of service. Valerie Jabbar, current VP of merchandising for Ralphs, has been promoted to succeed her. “Donna’s distinguished leadership has helped Ralphs continue to grow, serve more customers in the highly-competitive Southern California market, and help […]
