Warehouse Management

COLTON, Calif. - Jack H. Brown, chairman of the board, president and CEO of Stater Bros. Markets, announced today two promotions in senior management. Don Baker has been promoted to the position of executive vice president & chief operating officer, and George Frahm has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of administration.

'You've got to push the envelope. The more you push, the more opportunities you'll find," says Jeff Noddle, president, CEO and COO of Supervalu. These days, Noddle, who took over the helm in June from long-time CEO Mike Wright, is pushing pretty hard, looking at opportunities outside Supervalu's traditional customer base —such as alternative formats, significant reductions in inventory, organic growth vs. acquisition, B2B initiatives, and a laundry list of other strategic issues.