Winn-Dixie Taps Vice Presidents
Dixie Stores here elected two longtime executives to corporate vice president positions at the company's board meeting last week.
Raymond C. Lunn Jr. is president of Winn-Dixie Louisiana, which operates 86 stores throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. He started with the company in 1969 and has spent his entire career in the Winn-Dixie Louisiana division. Lunn was store manager in several stores before moving into staff positions at the division office. His background includes buying and merchandising in multiple departments. In 1990, he was named retail operations superintendent and was named division president this past April. He reports to R.A. Sevin, regional director for the Tampa, New Orleans and Fort Worth divisions.
Ted Moon is corporate director of deli-bakery merchandising. Moon began his Winn-Dixie career in 1967 in the company's Montgomery, Ala., division and worked his way through various retail store department positions, becoming human resources supervisor and retail store supervisor before being assigned to the corporate work methods department here in 1983. He returned to the company's Montgomery division where he served as district manager, produce merchandiser, deli-bakery merchandiser and inventory control superintendent before being named corporate director of deli-bakery merchandising in 1996. He reports to Charles H. McKellar, executive vice president.
CEO Appointed for SuperPetz
SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets here said Brad Phillips has been named president and chief executive officer of SuperPetz, the chain's pet supply retail subsidiary.
He succeeds Lee Schear, who resigned the post in April.
Phillips, 45, has worked for Pier 1 Imports, Dallas, for the past 20 years, ending his career there as vice president and Eastern zone manager. At Weis he reports to Norman S. Rich, president.
"Brad Phillips has a strong background in retail operations and merchandising," Rich said. "In particular, he has excelled at building and managing a retail organization at store level."
Weis purchased 80% ownership of SuperPetz, a two-store operation based in Dayton, Ohio, in early 1994. The company has subsequently grown to 43 stores in 11 states. According to Rich, SuperPetz encountered operational problems that affected its profitability, which prompted Weis to assume control three months ago of the company's day-to-day operations, which are now Phillips' responsibility.
GMA Names Region Manager
WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers of America here said Mary T. Hartzheim has been named manager of state affairs for the Northeast region. She is charged with building on GMA's state affairs programs.
Prior to joining GMA, Hartzheim handled legislative and regulatory issues in the Northeast for Miller Brewing Co. Before that, she was executive policy and budget analyst for Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson and the state budget director, presenting policy recommendations and reviewing the budgets of eight state agencies. Hartzheim succeeds Brian Hodgett, who has left the GMA to accept a position with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati. She reports to Chip Kunde, the GMA's vice president of state affairs.
