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Red Apple Group promotes Joseph Parisi to Gristedes/D’Agostino president

Former Kings/Balducci’s executive brings four decades of experience to expanded role

Russell Redman

June 21, 2022

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Overall, Gristedes and D'Agostino operate 30 grocery stores in the New York City borough of Manhattan.Gristedes/D'Agostino

Grocery retail veteran Joseph Parisi has added the president’s title at Red Apple Group subsidiary Gristedes & D’Agostino Supermarkets.

New York-based Red Apple said yesterday that Parisi’s expanded role as Gristedes/D’Agostino president and chief operating officer became effective June 14. The company’s supermarket business includes 19 Gristedes and 11 D’Agostino grocery stores in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

Joseph Parisi-Gristedes DAgostino-president-COO.png“Congratulations to Joe Parisi [pictured left], as he has been promoted to president and chief operating Officer of Gristedes and D’Agostino,” John Catsimatidis, chairman and CEO of Red Apple Group, said in a statement. “His passion for the food industry is remarkable and will take the supermarket industry into the 21st century. He has a great vision for the 132-year-old Gristedes and 90-year-old D’Agostino, and we are confident that his leadership will bring our stores to new heights.” 

Parisi brings four decades of food and grocery retail experience to the role of president. He joined Gristedes/D’Agostino as COO in May 2021 after nearly 24 years at KB US Holdings, the parent company of upscale grocery chains Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market (now part of Albertsons Cos.).

Most recently, Parisi served more than two years as COO at Kings/Balducci's, overseeing 33 supermarkets in four states, following a promotion from senior vice president of operations, a role he held nearly two years. He started his career at the company in 1990 as a store manager and has held such positions as area director and senior director. He was named vice president of operations in July 2012.

Related:Kings Food Markets names new COO

Both the Gristedes and D’Agostino supermarket banners are members of Allegiance Retail Services LLC, an Iselin, N.J.-based grocery retailer-owned cooperative.

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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