SpartanNash Appoints New President of Food Distribution
June 03 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Veteran Food Retail Logistics and Supply Chain
Expert Joins SpartanNash
SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) announced today that Mr. Walt Lentz
has joined the company as Executive Vice President and President,
Food Distribution, effective May 31, 2019. Mr. Lentz has 32 years
of logistics and supply chain experience in roles of increasing
leadership responsibility, including serving from 2017 to 2019 as
Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Supply Chain Officer of
Peapod LLC, the grocery eCommerce business division of Ahold
Delhaize.
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As President of Food Distribution, Mr. Lentz will have full
responsibility of SpartanNash’s $4 billion food distribution
segment and responsibility for the total company supply chain. He
will work with the SpartanNash team in developing and executing
strategic plans to grow the wholesale distribution and food
manufacturing businesses’ profitability. Mr. Lentz will report to
SpartanNash’s President and Chief Executive Officer, David M.
Staples.
“Walt’s multi-disciplined logistics and supply chain career and
commanding knowledge of the grocery industry from distribution,
retailing and omnichannel commerce to manufacturing and
merchandising are in direct alignment with SpartanNash’s supply
chain optimization and strategic growth objectives,” said Mr.
Staples. “His proven track record of achieving top-line sales
growth and bottom-line cost savings with emerging innovative
solutions, merchandising and marketing initiatives, and improved
customer and associate satisfaction are reflective of Walt’s
transformational leadership skills. We believe his expertise and
energy to accelerate our strategic plan will be an asset to our
organization.”
Mr. Lentz’s logistics and supply chain experience includes
serving from 2016 to 2019 as Peapod, LLC’s Chief Supply Chain
Officer (CSCO). In 2017, in addition to CSCO, he was named Peapod’s
Acting Chief Executive Officer for the grocery eCommerce business
division of Ahold Delhaize. His accomplished career with Ahold
began in 2009, serving as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain for
Giant Foods, advancing to Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
Logistics, Planning and Replenishment, for Ahold USA Retail. From
1997 to 2009, Mr. Lentz held several executive roles of increasing
responsibility with the Kellogg Company, ranging from manufacturing
operations to logistics operations and business unit sales
support.
About SpartanNash
SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) is a Fortune 400 company whose core
businesses include distributing grocery products to a diverse group
of independent and chain retailers, its corporate-owned retail
stores and U.S. military commissaries and exchanges; as well as
premier fresh produce distribution and fresh food processing.
SpartanNash serves customer locations in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahrain, Djibouti
and Egypt. SpartanNash currently operates 160 supermarkets,
primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets,
D&W Fresh Market, VG’s Grocery, Dan’s Supermarket and Family
Fresh Market. Through its MDV military division, SpartanNash is a
leading distributor of grocery products to U.S. military
commissaries.
Forward-Looking Statements
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the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These include
statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the
words "outlook," "believe," "anticipates," "continue," "expects,"
"guidance," "trend," "on track," "encouraged" or "plan" or similar
expressions. The statements in the "Outlook" section of this press
release are inherently forward-looking. Forward-looking statements
relating to expectations about future results or events are based
upon information available to SpartanNash as of today's date, and
are not guarantees of the future performance of the Company, and
actual results may vary materially from the results and
expectations discussed. Additional risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, the Company's ability to compete in the
highly competitive grocery distribution, retail grocery, and
military distribution industries. Additional information concerning
these and other risks is contained in SpartanNash's most recently
filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent Current Reports on Form
8-K and other SEC filings. All subsequent written and oral
forward-looking statements concerning SpartanNash, or other matters
and attributable to SpartanNash or any person acting on its behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements above. SpartanNash does not undertake any obligation to
publicly update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances that may arise after the date hereof.
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Meredith Gremel, Vice President, Corporate Affairs &
Communications, SpartanNash, 616-878-2830
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