Byron Center, MI, 2017-Mar-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) announced today (Mar 6th, 2017) that Pat Weslow has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Distribution Sales, where he will oversee sales across the Company’s distribution network, effective today. Mr. Weslow has been serving as SpartanNash’s Vice President, National Accounts and will report directly to Dave Staples, SpartanNash’s President and Chief Operating Officer.
“Since joining the company in 2014, Pat has been a key member of SpartanNash’s distribution sales team,” commented Mr. Staples. “He has played a significant role in the food distribution segment’s sales growth.”
Prior to joining SpartanNash, Mr. Weslow held executive sales and marketing positions with Acosta and Coca-Cola, including Vice President, Retail Operations for Acosta, and Director of National Retail Sales and Director of Supermarket Sales for Coca-Cola.
About SpartanNash
SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) is a Fortune 400 company whose core businesses include distributing grocery products to independent grocery retailers, national accounts, its corporate-owned retail stores and U.S. military commissaries. SpartanNash serves customer locations in 47 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahrain and Egypt. SpartanNash currently operates 155 supermarkets, primarily under the banners of Family Fare Supermarkets, Family Fresh Market, D&W Fresh Market and SunMart. Through its MDV military division, SpartanNash is the leading distributor of grocery products to military commissaries in the United States.
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