Malinda Boothe Joins Associated Food Stores as Food Safety Director

Associated Food Stores has named Malinda Boothe director of food safety, in which she will develop and implement a food safety and compliance program for the Salt Lake City-based company’s more than 400 independent retailers.

“I am excited to be part of the team and want to make AFS the industry leader in food safety,” Boothe said. “Many changes are occurring within the food safety environment and my primary goal is to ensure our retail members are extremely progressive in protecting their customers and teams.”

Boothe brings her previous experience as director of compliance for A&Z Produce as well as loss prevention and food safety positions with Supervalu.

“We are excited to welcome Malinda to the AFS team and know she will do great things with the food safety program,” said Bob King, VP of member retail operations and government affairs. “We are positive our retailers will find her expertise and knowledge incredibly valuable.”