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Stater Bros. promotes Bertha Luna to senior vice president

Grocery industry veteran to oversee retail operations of all stores

Russell Redman

June 24, 2022

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Stater Bros. Markets operates more than 170 supermarkets in Southern California.Stater Bros.

Twenty-three year company veteran Bertha Luna has been elevated to senior vice president of retail operations at Stater Bros. Markets.

San Bernardino, Calif.-based Stater Bros. said yesterday that Luna’s promotion is effective immediately. In the role, she will oversee the retail operations of all the grocer’s more than 170 supermarkets in Southern California as well as serve as a member of the executive leadership team, which evaluates and sets the company’s strategies. She reports to President Greg McNiff.

Bertha Luna-Stater Bros Markets.jpgStater Bros. noted that Luna (pictured left), previously vice president of retail, has playing a key role in helping the company navigate the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, including re-examining stores operations, providing the tools to enable stores to operate more efficiently, and freeing up store associates to focus more on customer service. She also has instituted policies that have improved the work/life balance of store management teams, Stater Bros. said.

“Bertha’s promotion recognizes her outstanding leadership and the significant contributions she has made in strengthening the operations of our stores,” Stater Bros. CEO Pete Van Helden said in a statement. “As she joins our executive leadership team, I look forward to working with her as she shares her valuable perspectives and insights.”

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Luna brings 34 years of retail grocery experience to her new position, according to Stater Bros.

She started her grpcery retail career in 1988 as a courtesy clerk at Lucky Stores and joined Stater Bros. as a store manager via its acquisition of Albertsons and Lucky stores in 1999. Less than a year later, she was promoted to retail supervisory roles, first as a retail gGrocery supervisor and then as a retail district manager. After serving in the human resources department as director of diversity, she returned to the retail department in 2017 as a retail district manager before being promoted to senior director retail operations. In July 2020, Luna was appointed as regional vice president retail operations. She has served in her former role as vice president of retail for the past year.

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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