The Top 10
1. | David Dillon, chairman, and CEO, Kroger Co. |
2. | Mike Duke, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores |
3. | Steve Burd, chairman, president and CEO, Safeway |
4. | Craig Herkert, president and CEO, Supervalu |
5. | President Barack Obama, president, United States of America |
6. | Charles Youngstrom, president, Aldi U.S. |
7. | John Rishton, CEO, Ahold |
8. | Danny Wegman, CEO, Wegmans Food Markets |
9. | Jim Sinegal, president and CEO, Costco Wholesale Corp. |
10. | Pierre-Olivier Beckers, CEO, Delhaize Group |
Conventional Supermarkets
11. | Charles C. Butt, chairman and CEO, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. |
12. | Peter Lynch, chairman, president and CEO, Winn-Dixie Stores |
13. | David Shapira, CEO, Giant Eagle |
14. | Ric Jurgens, chairman and CEO, Hy-Vee |
15. | Ed Crenshaw, CEO, Publix Super Markets |
Food Wholesalers/Cooperatives
16. | Rick Cohen, chairman and CEO, C&S Wholesale Grocers |
17. | Joseph S. Colalillo, chairman and CEO, Wakefern Food Corp. |
18. | Jerry Garland, president and CEO, Associated Wholesale Grocers |
19. | Al Plamann, president and CEO, Unified Grocers |
Other Retailers Selling Food
20. | Hank Meijer, co-chairman and CEO, Meijer Inc. |
21. | Laura Sen, president and CEO, BJ’s Wholesale Club |
22. | Rick Dreiling, chairman and CEO, Dollar General |
23. | Dan Bane, chairman and CEO, Trader Joe's |
24. | John Mackey, chairman and CEO, Whole Foods Market |
25. | Thomas M. Ryan, chairman, president and CEO, CVS Caremark Corp. |
Manufacturers
26. | Paul Bulcke, CEO, Nestlé S.A. |
27. | Bob McDonald, president and CEO, Procter & Gamble Co.. |
28. | Michael B. Polk, president, Unilever Americas |
29. | Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO, PepsiCo |
30. | Irene Rosenfeld, chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods |
31. | Carlos Brito, CEO, Anheuser-Busch In Bev |
32. | Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola Co. |
33. | Gary Rodkin, CEO, ConAgra Foods |
34. | Kendall J. Powell, chairman and CEO, General Mills |
35. | David Mackay, president and CEO, Kellogg Co. |
36. | Douglas Conant, president and CEO, Campbell Soup Co. |
37. | David DeLorenzo, president and CEO, Dole Food Co. |
38. | David J. West, president and CEO, The Hershey Co. |
Other Players
39. | Gary Chartrand, chairman and CEO, Acosta Sales and Marketing Co. |
40. | Joe Hansen, president, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union |
41. | Cathy Green, steering committee chair, Produce Traceability Initiative |
42. | Robert Carpenter, CEO, GS1 US |
43. | The Private Label |
Associations/Government
44. | Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO, Food Marketing Institute |
45. | Pamela Bailey, president and CEO, Grocery Manufacturers Association |
46. | Thomas Zaucha, president and CEO, National Grocers Association |
47. | Tom Vilsack, secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
48. | Margaret Hamburg, commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
49. | Lisa Jackson, administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
50. | Kathleen Sebelius, secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |