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Publix names Norman Badger as bakery/meat business VP

Company veteran Pete Mowitt to retire after 44 years of service

Russell Redman

January 16, 2020

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Plans call for Norman Badger to succeed Pete Mowitt as vice president of product business development for bakery and meat on April 30.Publix

Norman Badger has been promoted to vice president of product business development for bakery and meat at Publix Super Markets, succeeding Pete Mowitt, who is retiring.

Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix said yesterday that Mowitt, who has served as bakery and meat product business development VP since January 2018, is slated to retire on April 30. Plans call for Badger, currently regional director for Publix’s Charlotte division, to relocate with his family to Lakeland.

The 60-year-old Mowitt has been at Publix for more than 44 years. He started his career at the Southeastern grocery retailer in 1975 as a front service clerk in Miami. He worked in various positions before becoming a store manager in 1991 and a district manager in 1995. Three years later, Mowitt was promoted to director of merchandising and then, in 2000, to business development director of grocery. He was appointed vice president grocery/nonfoods in 2013 before moving up to his current role two years ago. Mowitt also was a recipient of Publix’s George W. Jenkins Award.

“Pete is a passionate leader,” Publix President Kevin Murphy said in a statement. “Throughout his career, he has developed associates to help our stores better serve our customers. We thank him for his more than four decades of service and the positive impact he’s had on our company.”

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Badger, 41, began at Publix in 1995 as a front service clerk in Aiken, S.C. After working in a range of positions, he was promoted to store manager in 2007 and then to district manager in 2014. He has served in his current post in the Charlotte division since 2017.

“Norman models our mission and is dedicated to serving Publix associates and customers,” Murphy commented. “His leadership was instrumental in the growth of the Charlotte division. I’m excited about the contributions he’ll make in this role.”

Overall, Publix operates 1,238 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

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
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May 1989 - July 1990

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