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Kings Food Markets hires Jim Moriarty as CFO

Walmart veteran brings 18 years of retail financial experience

Russell Redman

July 27, 2018

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Former Walmart executive Jim Moriarty has joined Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market as chief financial officer.

The Parsippany, N.J.-based upscale grocer said Moriarty will oversee the company’s finance and accounting teams and loss prevention.

Kings noted that Moriarty brings more than 18 years of retail financial experience, including 11 years at Walmart. Most recently, he served as senior director of operations finance and strategy for Walmart’s Northeast division and acted as divisional CFO.

Jim_Moriarty_Kings_Food_Markets.pngHis previous roles at Walmart included senior director of operations finance and strategy for consumables and health/wellness, senior director of supplier finance and strategy for merchandise finance, and director of health and wellness merchandise finance and strategy. He started his career at Walmart in 2007.

Prior to joining Walmart, Moriarty (left) spent seven years at Sears Holding Corp. as senior manager for channel strategy and performance and as senior financial manager of corporate planning.

“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jim Moriarty to our management team,” Judy Spires, chairman and chief executive officer of Kings and Balducci’s, said in a statment. “With his wealth of experience in the retail industry, his leadership will be invaluable as we continue to grow and expand the Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market brands.”

Overall, Kings operates 25 supermarkets in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Balducci’s, a specialty gourmet grocer acquired by Kings in 2009, has eight stores in Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Virginia, as well as a Balducci’s Gourmet On The Go location in New York City and a Balducci’s Express outlet in Philadelphia.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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