SN's 2011 Power 50

The Top 10

1. Mike Duke, CEO, Wal-Mart Stores
2. David Dillon, chairman and CEO, Kroger Co.
3. Steve Burd, chairman, president and CEO, Safeway
4. Craig Herkert, president and CEO, Supervalu
5. John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
6. Dick Boer, CEO, Ahold
7. Charles Youngstrom, co-president, Aldi U.S.
8. Pierre-Olivier Beckers, chairman and CEO, Delhaize America
9. Danny Wegman, CEO, Wegmans Food Markets
10. Jim Sinegal, CEO, Costco Wholesale Corp.

Conventional Supermarkets

11. Charles C. Butt, chairman and CEO, H.E. Butt Grocery Co.
12. Ed Crenshaw, CEO, Publix Super Markets
13. David Shapira, chairman, president and CEO, Giant Eagle
14. Ric Jurgens, chairman and CEO, Hy-Vee
15. Fred Morganthall, president, Harris Teeter; chairman, FMI

Food Wholesalers/Cooperatives

16. Joseph S. Colalillo, chairman and CEO, Wakefern Food Corp.
17. Rick Cohen, CEO, C&S Wholesale Grocers
18. Jerry Garland, president and CEO, Associated Wholesale Grocers
19. Al Plamann, CEO, Unified Grocers
20. Steven L. Spinner, president and CEO, United Natural Foods Inc.

Other Retailers Selling Food

21. Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and CEO, Target Corp.
22. Rick Dreiling, chairman and CEO, Dollar General Corp.
23. Dan Bane, chairman and CEO, Trader Joe’s
24. Greg Wasson, president and CEO, Walgreen Co.
25. Hank Meijer, co-chair and CEO, Meijer Inc.

Manufacturers

26. Paul Bulcke, CEO, Nestlé S.A.
27. Bob McDonald, chairman, president and CEO, Procter & Gamble Co.
28. David Lewis, president, personal care, Unilever
29. Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
30. Irene Rosenfeld, chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods
31. David Peacock, president, Anheuser-Busch
32. Muhtar Kent, president and CEO, The Coca-Cola Co.
33. Donnie Smith, president and CEO, Tyson Foods
34. Kendall J. Powell, chairman and CEO, General Mills
35. Gary Rodkin, president and CEO, ConAgra Foods
36. John Bryant, president and CEO, Kellogg Co.
37. William R. Johnson, chairman, president and CEO, H.J. Heinz Co.
38. Daniel Servitje, CEO, Grupo Bimbo
39. Denise Morrison, president and CEO, Campbell Soup Co.
40. David DeLorenzo, president and CEO, Dole Food Co.
41. John P. Bilbrey, president and CEO, The Hershey Co.

Other Players

42. Robert E. Hill Jr., president and CEO, Acosta Sales & Marketing Co.
43. Joseph Hansen, president, United Food and Commercial Workers
44. The “Like” Button

Associations/Government

45. Michelle Obama, First Lady, United States of America
46. Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO, Food Marketing Institute
47. Pamela Bailey, president and CEO, Grocery Manufacturers Association
48. Peter Larkin, president and CEO, National Grocers Association
49. Tom Vilsack, secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
50. Margaret Hamburg, commissioner, Food and Drug Administration