Independent Operator Committee

Objective: To evaluate FMI's activities and to make recommendations on programming and services uniquely applicable to independents. The Committee monitors industry trends, including technological advances, competitive challenges and consumer needs, for the purpose of identifying key issues of opportunity and concern for smaller operators.

Mr. John Najjar
Chair
Seaside Market, Inc.

Ms. Lauri Youngquist
Past Chair
Knowlan's Super Markets, Inc.

Mr. Robert W. Baesler
Member
Baesler's Market

Mr. David Ball
Member
Ball's Price Chopper/Hen House Markets

Mr. Brad W. Brookshire
Member
Brookshire Grocery Company

Mr. Chris Coborn
Member
Coborn's, Inc.

Mr. Joseph S. Colalillo
Member
ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc.

Mr. Rudy Dory
Member
Newport Avenue Market/Rudy’s Markets Inc.

Mr. Louis Fisher
Member
Main Street Supermarket Corp.

Mr. Don Fitzgerald
Member
Dom's Kitchen and Market

Mr. Oscar Gonzalez
Member
Northgate Gonzalez Market

Mr. Greg Gregerson
Member
Gregerson's Foods, Inc.

Mr. Thomas Heinen
Member
Heinen's Grocery Stores

Mr. Omar G. Jorge Peña
Member
Compare Foods Supermarkets

Mr. Russell T. Lund III
Member
Lund Food Holdings, Inc. (Lunds & Byerlys)

Mr. Norman C. Mayne
Member
Dorothy Lane Market, Inc.

Mr. Michael Needler Jr.
Member
Fresh Encounter, Inc.

Mr. Arthur Potash
Member
Potash Markets

Mr. Patrick Raybould
Member
B&R Stores, Inc.

Mr. Richard L. Riesbeck
Member
Riesbeck Food Markets, Inc.

Mr. Jack Shakoor
Member
Jack's Super Foodtown

Mr. Mike Stone
Member
Mollie Stone's Markets

Mr. Rick Wright
Member
Market of Choice, Inc.

Ms. Dagmar T. Farr
Staff Lead
FMI