MMR: Mass Market Retailers, June 24, 2019

16 MMR June 24 2019 PEOPLE MMR PEOPLE NEWS Our goal is to fundamentally transform the consumer health experience for the millions of Americans we interact with every day Larry Merlo CVS Its time for Congress to put a thoughtful plan in place to increase the minimum wage Doug McMillon Walmart KELLOGG RETIREE Dave Jones Kellogg Co s longtime liaison to many food industry organizations said he will retire in October after 33 years with the company Jones grew his Kellogg career through the Kellogg sales organization where he began as a territory manager in his home state of Oklahoma in 1986 In 2009 Jones was promoted to vice president of industry initiatives where he serves as the primary voice of Kellogg and represents the company within food industry and consumer packaged goods organizations Joe Mueller a vice president and longtime veteran of the Kellogg sales organization will succeed Jones CAMPBELL APPOINTEE Campbell Soup Co has named Chris Foley president of Campbell meals and beverages and senior vice president of the company Foley will lead the 43 billion division that includes the companys U S soup simple meals and shelfstable beverages portfolio as well as Pacific Foods North America Food Service Plum and its Canadian and Latin America businesses Foley reports to Mark Clouse Campbells president and chief executive officer and becomes a corporate officer and a member of the Campbell leadership team COTY NAMES CMO Coty Inc has appointed Fiona Hughes as chief marketing officer of Coty Consumer Beauty and as a member of the executive committee reporting to Pierre Laubies Coty chief executive officer and consumer beauty president Laubies said Fiona is an exceptional marketing leader with a deep well of experience in leading brand and portfolio transformation including successfully shaping global brand vision strategy and innovation maps PEPSICO CHANGES PepsiCo Inc s Ram Krishnan currently chief executive officer of Greater China for PepsiCo has been named the companys global chief commercial officer He will continue to lead PepsiCos Greater China sector He replaces Laxman Narasimhan who is departing the company to become CEO of Reckitt Benckiser Group Krishnan joined the company in 2006 Walmart Tabs Chief Tech Officer BENTONVILLE Ark Walmart in recent weeks announced the hiring of two technology executives including Suresh Kumar a former Google vice president who is set to become chief technology officer and chief SPOTLIGHT development officer on July 8 Walmart also said it had hired Scott Eckert to run its investment arm and startup incubator known as Store No 8 Kumar brings 25 years of leadership experience from his work at technology companies including Amazon IBM and Microsoft The technology of today and tomorrow enables us to serve our customers and associates in ways that werent previously possible We want to take full advantage of those opportunities Doug McMillon Walmarts president and chief executive officer said in a statement Suresh has a unique understanding of the intersection of technology and retail including supply chain and has deep experience in advertising cloud and machine learning And he has a track record of working in partnership with business teams to drive results At Google Kumar served as vice president and general manager of display video app ads and analytics He earlier worked at Microsoft as corporate vice president of cloud infrastructure and operations Kumar spent 15 years at Amazon in various roles including vice president of technology for retail systems and operations He also led Amazons retail supply chain and inventory management systems Kumar worked as a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center He earned a Ph D in engineering from Princeton University and a bachelors degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras Walmart is one of the great success stories in how a company evolves over time to serve the changing needs of its customers and today it is in the midst of a very exciting digital transformation Kumar said in a statement With more than 11000 stores a highgrowth ecommerce business and more than 2 million associates worldwide the potential for technology to help people at scale is unparalleled and I am excited to be part of this Kumar will report to McMillon and will work primarily out of Walmarts offices in Sunnyvale Calif Eckert will work to expand Walmarts ecommerce business in partnership with retail startups venture capitalists and entrepreneurs said Marc Lore CEO of Walmart U S ecommerce Eckert will be based in Hoboken N J and will report to Lore He takes over for Lori Flees who ran Store No 8 in addition to being senior vice president of health and wellness for Sams Club Flees will continue her role at Sams Club Eckert spent five months earlier this year as executive in residence at Bain Capital Ventures Previously he spent more than eight years as president and CEO at Bostonbased Rethink Robotics He also cofounded Motion Computing and worked as a general manager for Dells worldwide ecommerce business unit Eckert earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelors degree in quantitative economics from Stanford University Walmart continues to invest aggressively in digital commerce It has made a string of acquisitions of ecommerce companies including Jet com Art com lingerie brand Bare Necessities and plussize retailer Eloquii and it has been moving swiftly to bolster its online grocery business Keptner Moves Over to Rite Aid CAMP HILL Pa Rite Aid Corp has named Erik Keptner to the newly created position of senior vice president and chief marketing and merchandising officer In this position Keptner a proven leader with more than 20 years experience in retail marketing will report to Bryan Everett Rite Aids chief operating officer Erik is an experienced retail executive who has proven that he can integrate and manage all aspects of an organizations marketing and merchandising assets to provide great customer experiences operate efficiently and deliver growth said Everett Were excited to welcome Erik to our team as we continue to integrate our marketing and merchandising teams and enhance our omnichannel presence to deliver a seamlessly connected customer experience that drives growth Keptner most recently served as senior vice president of marketing for Wakefern Food Corp Prior to that he had a 20 year career with Ahold Delhaize and its Giant Food Stores Division serving in various roles of increasing responsibility Suresh Kumar Big Y Names Purchasing Executive SPRINGFIELD Mass Big Y Foods Inc has appointed Colin DAmour as senior manager of procurement within the companys real estate and development department He assumes responsibility for overseeing all aspects of purchasing for Big Y supermarkets and convenience stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut The company operates more than 80 stores under banners including Big Y World Class Market Big Y Express and Table Vine DAmour who went to work for the familyowned business as a 14yearold service clerk in 1998 is the grandson of Big Y cofounder Gerald DAmour and the son of company president and chief executive officer Charles DAmour He is one of six thirdgeneration DAmour family members engaged in the business Lentz Named Exec VP at SpartanNash GRAND RAPIDS Mich SpartanNash has appointed Walt Lentz as executive vice president and president of food distribution He has 32 years of logistics and supply chain experience in roles of increasing leadership responsibility including serving from 2017 to 2019 as acting chief executive officer and chief supply chain officer of Peapod LLC the grocery ecommerce business division of Ahold Delhaize As president of food distribution Lentz will be responsible for SpartanNashs 4 billion food distribution segment and for the total company supply chain He will work with the SpartanNash team in executing strategic plans to grow the wholesale distribution and food manufacturing businesses profitability He will report to SpartanNash president and CEO David Staples Walts multidiscipline logistics and supply chain career and commanding knowledge of the grocery industry from distribution retailing and omnichannel commerce to manufacturing and merchandising are in direct alignment with SpartanNashs supply chain optimization and strategic growth objectives said Staples We believe his expertise and energy to accelerate our strategic plan will be an asset to our organization Wakefern Mourns Death of Cingari KEASBEY N J Wakefern Food Corp and ShopRite are lamenting the loss of Rocco Rocky Cingari the longtime president and chief executive officer of Grade A Market Inc which owns 11 ShopRite stores in Connecticut He died on June 3 at age 89 with his family at his side Cingari served as president and chief executive officer of Grade A Market for nearly 40 years until January when his nephew Tom Cingari Sr succeeded him as president and CEO of the family company Rocky Cingari continued to work alongside his brother Sam three nephews and two great nephews He served as vice president of Grade A Market before taking over as president and CEO of the family company in the early 1980s and he worked closely over the years with his brothers and nephews in running all parts of the business In 1991 Rocky Cingari led the family company as it joined Wakefern the largest retailer owned cooperative in the U S