NEW DIRECTORS NAMED TO FMI BOARD

CHICAGO -- Liz Minyard, co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of Minyard Food Stores, Coppell, Texas, has been elected vice chair of the board of the Food Marketing Institute.

nk Meijer, co-chairman and CEO of Meijer, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Robert P. Ingle 2nd, president of retail operations, Ingles Markets, Black Mountain, N.C.

Seven executives were elected to the board: Neil M. Golub, president and CEO, Price Chopper Supermarkets, Schenectady, N.Y.; Raymond Burgo, president and chief operating officer, Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh; Larry Johnston, chairman and CEO, Albertson's, Boise, Idaho; Bill McCanless, CEO, Delhaize America, Salisbury, N.C.; George E. Prescott, owner and CEO, Prescott's Supermarkets, West Bend, Wis.; Pat Raybould, president, B&R Stores, Lincoln, Neb.; and Steven C. Smith, president and CEO, K-VA-T Food Stores, Abingdon, Va.

Gregory B. Calhoun, president and CEO, Calhoun Enterprises, Montgomery, Ala., was reappointed to the board for a full three-year term, and 18 directors were re-elected. They are: Pierre-Olivier Beckers, president and CEO, Delhaize Group, Brussels, Belgium; Carole F. Bitter, president and CEO, Friedman's Supermarkets, Butler, Pa.; Jack H. Brown, chairman, president and CEO, Stater Bros. Markets, Colton, Calif.; Daniel Coborn, chairman and CEO, Coborn's, St. Cloud, Minn.; Nicholas D'Agostino Jr., chairman, D'Agostino Supermarkets, Larchmont, N.Y.; Kevin Davis, chairman, president and CEO, Bristol Farms, Los Angeles; Timothy J. Devanney, president, Highland Park Markets, Manchester, Conn.; Leonard L. Harris Jr., president and owner, Chatham Food Center here; Christian W. Haub, chairman and CEO, A&P, Montvale, N.J.; Darioush Khaledi, chairman and CEO, K.V. Mart Co., Carson, Calif.; Elizabeth K. Little, president and co-owner, V. Richard's Market, Brookfield, Wis.; Russell T. Lund 3rd, president and CEO, Lund Food Holdings, Edina, Minn.; Don Marsh, chairman, president and CEO, Marsh Supermarkets, Indianapolis; Ron Marshall, president and CEO, Nash Finch Co., Minneapolis; William T. McKay 2nd, chairman and CEO, Wigest Corp., Indianapolis; Richard Niemann Sr., chairman and CEO, Niemann Foods, Quincy, Ill.; Fred Morganthall, president, Harris Teeter, Matthews, N.C.; Norman S. Rich, president, Weis Markets, Sunbury, Pa.; and Christy Spoa, president, Ellwood City Save-A-Lot, Ellwood City, Pa.