Meet the 2020 SN Top 75 retailers and wholesalers

Michael Browne joined Supermarket News in 2018 after serving in managing and executive editor capacities at leading B2B media brands including Convenience Store News, License Global and Travel Agent. He also previously served as content production manager for print and digital in the Business Intelligence division of Informa, parent company of Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News.

As executive editor, Mike oversees the editorial content of supermarketnews.com as well as the monthly print publication. He also directs all content-based brand-related projects including the annual Top 75 Retailers report, Category Guide, Retailer of the Year, research surveys and special reports, as well as podcast and webinar content. Mike has also presented and moderated at industry events.

In addition to the positions mentioned above, Mike has also worked as a writer and/or editor for special projects at American Legal Media (ALM), managing editor for Tobacco International, special projects editor at American Banker • Bond Buyer, and as production editor for Bank Technology News and other related financial magazines and journals published by Faulkner & Gray.

A graduate of Fordham University, Mike is based in New York City, where he was born and raised.

Contact Mike at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Alan is Senior Data & Events Editor for The Restaurant & Food Group within Informa Connect, including Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News. He joined NRN in 1984, covering the Pacific Northwest, and later added chief photographer duties, initiated NRN’s regular technology coverage, was on the development team for NRN.com and generated content for NRN’s early podcasting initiative, Podcast Central, beginning in 2006. Alan is senior researcher and data analyst for NRN and Supermarket News market data products, including Top 200 and SN75, and helps develop and present educational programs for conferences and webinars. A graduate of California State University at Fullerton and a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter, he resides in Salinas, Calif.

Alan Liddle’s Social Media details: @AJ_NRN (Twitter) / www.linkedin.com/in/liddlealan (LinkedIn)

Alan Liddle’s areas of expertise include large foodservice and consumables retailing chain and company U.S./North America sales, revenue and store-footprint performance; quarterly and annual same-store sales trends among U.S. publicly-traded restaurant brands; food safety; and general restaurant operations.

Alan Liddle’s work on Top 200 and Supermarket News 75 is referenced by outside news organizations, including Crain’s Chicago Business and CNBC, as well as educational institutions, such as Harvard Business School.

Alan Liddle’s experience:

Senior Data and Events Editor/Managing Editor, Conferences & Special Projects/Editor At Large, Special Projects & Technology/Northern California-Pacific Northwest Editor & Chief Photographer, Informa and Nation’s Restaurant News (1984 – Present)

Reporter & Photographer, Oroville Mercury-Register (1981-1984)

Contributing reporter and photographer, Sacramento Bee (1982-1984)

Stringer - news and photography, Associated Press and United Press International (1981-1984)

Zone editor and photographer-La Mirada Lamplighter, Knight Ridder (1980-1981)

General Manger-Foodservice (Lion Country Safari), Interstate United Corp. (1978)