DALLAS, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleming (NYSE: FLM) announced today Tom
Dahlen has agreed to join the company as Executive Vice President and
President, Retail and Corporate Marketing. Tom will report to Fleming
Chairman and CEO Mark Hansen.
"We are excited to have Tom join the Fleming team," said Hansen. "Tom has
demonstrated expertise in successfully introducing new shopping innovations
and growing a price impact retail chain. Tom led much of the explosive growth
of Food4Less in Southern California during the mid-1990s and is an
enthusiastic champion of the price impact format. His retail and strategic
skills will prove valuable to Fleming as we expand our price impact retail
concepts."
Dahlen has over thirty years of experience in the food industry in sales
and marketing, advertising, procurement, retail merchandising and store
operations. He held various management positions within Ralphs including the
introduction of two new food-shopping innovations, Ralphs Marketplace and
Fresh Fare. He also had responsibility for sales and marketing for the
Food4Less stores owned by the Yucaipa Companies and gained experience growing
the concept through new stores, store conversions and acquisitions. Dahlen
most recently served as the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Furrs
Supermarkets, Inc.
"I am pleased to be joining a company with significant growth
opportunities underway," said Dahlen. "Fleming has a very strong commitment
to price impact growth and I look forward to being part of the team to further
these initiatives."
Dahlen holds a Bachelor of Administration from the University of Southern
California, a Masters of Business from the University of California at Los
Angeles, and is a graduate of the UCLA Executive Program.
Fleming is a $14 billion company and industry leader in distribution and
has a growing presence in value retailing. Fleming's primary business is
buying and selling merchandise. The company serves approximately
3,000 supermarkets including more than 800 North American stores of global
supermarketer IGA and other regional banners, 3,000 convenience stores and
nearly 1,000 supercenters, discount, limited assortment, drug, specialty, and
other businesses across the country. To learn more about Fleming, visit our
website at http://www.fleming.com .
CONTACTS:
(Media) Randy Hatcher 972.906.8823
(Investors-Equity) Meredith Anderson 972.906.8592
(Investors-Debt) Alan McIntyre 972.906.8126
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CONTACT:
media, Randy Hatcher, +1-972-906-8823, or
investors-equity, Meredith Anderson, +1-972-906-8592, or
investors-debt, Alan McIntyre, +1-972-906-8126, all of Fleming
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