RETAIL CONSULTANCY LAUNCHED

WASHINGTON -- Former members of KPMG's Retail Ventures group here said they have formed a new company, The Food Partners, also here, offering financial and strategic advice to the food industry.

d before that director, financial planning, Nash Finch Co., Minneapolis, has been named managing director. Carlos A. Garcia, Matthew S. Morris and Jason Hayek -- all previously with the KPMG group -- have been named directors.

The company's strategic alliance partners include, among others, Robert Herman, principal, The Herman Group, and former owner, chief operating officer and director, Shopper's Food Warehouse Corp., Lanham, Md.; Carey Berger, president, Business Succession Resources, and Chuck Butson, principal, Butson Investments, former owner and president, Butson Supermarkets, Woodsville, N.H., and former chairman of the National Grocers Association, Reston, Va.