Associated's Brewer Steps Down
ed Food Stores here announced that Stan Brewer has retired as senior vice president of the company.
Brewer, 59, joined the cooperative in 1960. He was named to his most recent post, senior vice president, in 1996, with responsibility for strategic implementation and all physical facilities of the company. In 1987, Brewer was named vice president of operations, heading retail store development, buying and advertising for the company.
AFS said Brewer is being retained as a consultant in the analysis and development of a new or significantly remodeled physical facility here.
David Jonckowski, manager of the company's Billings, Mont., division, has been appointed to a post at company headquarters that includes several of Brewer's former responsibilities.
Supervalu Fills Finance Post
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said it has named Pamela K. Knous executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective later this month.
Knous, 43, was executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Vons Cos., Arcadia, Calif., prior to Vons' merger last spring into Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif.
Knous succeeds Jeffrey C. Girard, who has left Supervalu after nearly seven years. In her new post she will be responsible for finance, information technology, strategic planning and investor releations and will report to Mike Wright, chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Prior to joining Vons in 1991, Knous was a partner in the Los Angeles office of KPMG Peat Marwick, where she worked for 14 years.
Safeway Names Bond Senior VP
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway here said David F. Bond has joined the company as senior vice president of finance and control. He has also been designated an executive officer. In this new position, he oversees Safeway's auditing, accounting, financial planning and tax functions. He reports to Julian C. Day, executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Bond joins the company from San Francisco-based Deloitte & Touche, the international accounting firm and Safeway's independent auditor for the past 20 years. While with the firm, he had consulted with several large multinational corporations and was named a partner in 1988. He had been working closely with Safeway since the company underwent a leveraged buyout in 1986 and had been D&T's principal liaison with the retailer for the past two years.
