Target Announces New Food and Beverage Leaders
August 14 2017 - 12:12PM
Business Wire
Two new executives bring industry expertise to
accelerate retailer’s progress
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced the hire of two
new senior food and beverage leaders. Mark Kenny and Liz Nordlie
will join Target to accelerate the retailer’s food and beverage
strategy, aimed at offering a differentiated experience, with an
emphasis on fresh produce, convenient eating and a curated
assortment of affordable and accessible owned and national
brands.
“Across all categories of our business, we are investing to
build an even better Target for our guests,” said Mark Tritton,
executive vice president and chief merchandising officer, Target.
“We have been making positive progress with our assortment,
presentation and operations in food and beverage this year. With
Jeff Burt’s leadership, and the investment we’re making to bring on
two new seasoned executives, combined with our already talented
team, I’m confident we’ll be able to go even further, faster,
delivering both an experience and assortment that’s uniquely
Target.”
Mark Kenny will join Target as vice president divisional, meat
and fresh prepared food where he will oversee the meat, seafood,
deli, bakery and prepared food categories. The prepared food space
is growing rapidly in the U.S., and Kenny will help sharpen the
retailer’s focus on convenient eating, saving Target guests time
and money, in addition to offering a curated mix of owned and
national brands in these categories. Kenny joins Target from
Walmart Inc., where he most recently was the senior director of
private brands, deli and bakery. Kenny brings deep merchandising
expertise across a number of food and beverage categories, as well
as strong retail operational leadership to Target.
Liz Nordlie will join Target as vice president, product design
and development for food and beverage. Target is known for its
distinctive owned brands that create differentiation and guest
preference, and in this newly created role, Nordlie will oversee
the brand direction and product vision for owned brand food and
beverage categories. With 27 years of brand building experience
across 30 food and beverage businesses, Nordlie will lead and
strengthen efforts underway with Target’s owned brand portfolio.
Nordlie joins Target from General Mills, Inc., where she spent 20
years in general management roles, building brands across cereal,
snacks, meals, yogurt and baking core businesses, as well as
natural and organics. Most recently, Nordlie was the president of
General Mills baking division.
Kenny and Nordlie will join Target later this month. Kenny will
report to Jeff Burt, senior vice president, food and beverage and
Nordlie will report to Julie Guggemos, senior vice president of
product design and development.
About TargetMinneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:
TGT) serves guests at 1,816 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946,
Target has given 5 percent of its profit to communities, which
today equals millions of dollars a week. For more information,
visit Target.com/Pressroom. For a behind-the-scenes look at Target,
visit Target.com/abullseyeview or follow @TargetNews on
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