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The Fresh Market tabs Jim Heaney as new CFO

Oded Shein leaves specialty grocer after two years as top financial officer

Russell Redman

September 3, 2020

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Jim Heaney started as chief financial officer at The Fresh Market effective on Sept. 2.The Fresh Market

Carnival Cruise Line executive Jim Heaney has joined The Fresh Market as chief financial officer.

Heaney took the CFO reins at the Greensboro, N.C.-based specialty grocer yesterday, succeeding Oded Shein, who has resigned after just over two years in the role.

Most recently, Heaney (left) spent more than five year as CFO and executive vice president of professional services at Carnival Cruise Line, the world’s largest cruise ship operator. 

Jim Heaney-The Fresh Market.jpgJim Heaney (Photo courtesy of The Fresh Market)

His 30-year career also includes three years as CFO for Sea World Entertainment, overseeing the company’s financial organization, and 17 years at Disney, where he played a key leadership role in launching and growing Disney’s cruise business, The Fresh Market said. Before Disney, he served as finance manager at Royal Caribbean Cruises.

“On behalf of the board of directors, I am very excited to welcome Jim to The Fresh Market team,” CEO Jason Potter said in a statement. “Jim has an exceptional track record in hospitality and finance and is a proven executive, with significant experience in operational turnarounds and private equity-held businesses.”

Shein came to The Fresh Market in August 2018 after more than seven years as CFO at Stage Stores, a Houston-based department and off-price store retailer. Prior to that, he held financial VP roles at retailers Belk and Charming Shoppes.

Related:The Fresh Market hires Brian Johnson as SVP of store operations

“The Fresh Market thanks Mr. Shein for his service as CFO over the last two years and offers him best wishes in his future endeavors,” The Fresh Market stated.

Specializing in fresh, organic and natural food and groceries, The Fresh Market operates 159 stores in 22 states.

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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