Elected and reelected directors are Johnny Basha, vice chairman of Bashas’ Inc., Chandler, AZ; Carol Bitter, president and CEO of Friedman’s Supermarkets, Butler, PA; Brad Brookshire, president of Brookshire Grocery Company, Tyler, TX; Raymond Burgo, president and COO of Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Richard Cohen, chairman and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Keene, NH; Joseph Colalillo, owner and president of Shop Rite of Hunterdon County, Flemington, NJ; Nicholas D’Agostino, Jr. chairman and CEO of D’Agostino Supermarkets, Larchmont, NY; Timothy Devanney, president of Highland Park Markets, Inc., Manchester, CT; Kevin P. Doris, president and CEO of Gerland’s Food Fair, Inc., Houston, TX; John T. Fujieki, chairman and CEO of Star Markets, Ltd., Honolulu, HI; Leonard Harris, Jr., president and owner of Chatham Food Center, Inc., Chicago, IL; Larry Johnston, chairman, CEO and president of Albertsons, Inc., Boise, ID; Richard (Ric) Jurgens, CEO and president of Hy-Vee, Inc., West Des Moines, IA; Darioush Khaledi, chairman and CEO of K.V. Mart Co., Carson, CA; Peter L. Lynch, president and CEO of Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Jacksonville, FL; Ron Marshall, CEO of Nash Finch Company, Minneapolis, MN; Richard H. Niemann, Sr., chairman of Niemann Foods, Inc., Quincy, IL; Bruce T. Peterson, senior vice president and general merchandise manager of perishables for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR; Gonzalo Restrepo, president of Almacenes Exito S.A., Medellín, Colombia; Arlie Rodhe, owner and chairman of Rodhe’s Market, Inc., Millersburg, OH; Larry Rothwell, owner and CEO of Mary Lawrence Corp., Pennington, NJ; Dave Skogen, owner and president of Skogen’s Festival Foods, Onalaska, WI; Marc E. Smith, president and CEO of The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, Quincy, MA, and Giant Food LLC, Landover, MD; Steven C. Smith, president and CEO, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., Abingdon, VA; Rüdiger Strein, president of OHG Fegro/Selgros, Germany; Steve van der Leest, president of the Overwaitea Food Group, Vancouver, British Columbia; and Michael T. Williams, owner and CEO of Williams’ Piggly Wiggly, Memphis, TN.
Appointed to the Board by the FMI chair are Mike Provenzano, president and CEO of Pro & Sons Ranch Markets, Ontario, CA; and Richard Redner, president, chairman and CEO of Redner’s Warehouse Markets, Inc., Reading, PA.
Elected as FMI vice chairs are Pierre-Olivier Beckers, president and CEO of Delhaize Group, Belgium; William “Ed” Crenshaw, president of Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, FL; Russell T. Lund III (Tres), president and CEO of Lund Food Holdings, Inc., Edina, MN; and Bill McEwan, president and CEO of Sobeys Inc., Stellarton, Nova Scotia.Jeffrey Noddle, chairman, president and CEO of SUPERVALU INC., Minneapolis, MN, was elected chair of the FMI Board; and Liz Minyard, vice chairman of Minyard Food Stores, Inc., Dallas, TX, is the immediate past chair.
Food Marketing Institute proudly advocates on behalf of the food retail industry. FMI’s U.S. members operate nearly 40,000 retail food stores and 25,000 pharmacies, representing a combined annual sales volume of almost $770 billion. Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores. For more information, visit www.fmi.org and for information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org.
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