Iselin, NJ – To better meet the continued accelerated growth being experienced by Allegiance Retail Services (Foodtown), several organizational appointments and promotions have been announced:
Joe Fantozzi, has been appointed Vice President; Retail / Member Development. In this role, Joe will work to add quality operators to the already impressive portfolio of supermarket operators who are Members of Allegiance Retail Services. Joe has extensive experience in the supermarket industry, most recently serving as President / COO, of White Rose Foods.
Sherry Toy has been appointed Senior Director, ‘IT’. As the Senior Director, Sherry will have oversight over all functions related to ‘IT’ support for Member stores. Sherry has over 30-years experience in retail ‘IT’, most recently leading a large ‘IT’ organization at the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P).
Andrew Wasserman, has been appointed Senior Category Manager, Frozen Food. In this role, Andrew will be responsible for all aspects of Procurement, Pricing and Financials in the Frozen Food Department. Andrew has over 15-years of industry experience, most recently serving as Senior Category Manager, at Fairway Markets.
Additionally, Gene Camiolo has been promoted to Senior Category Manager, Non-Edibles. In this role
Gene will have oversight of Non-Edible Grocery Procurement and Pricing, as well as General Merchandise / Health & Beauty Care. Gene was most recently Category Manager; Frozen Food at Allegiance.
Christie Stark has been promoted to the newly created position of Sales Manager; Center Store. In this role, Christie will plan; coordinate and activate all center-store promotional programs, as well as being responsible for designing the weekly center store advertising offering. Christie was most recently a Category Management Analyst.
John T. Derderian; President and COO, stated, “Each of these organizational changes were done to afford the co-op the opportunity to continue to grow Member, Store Count and Sales in a seamless way, while maintaining the quality support and professionalism we deliver to our member-groups daily”.
David Maniaci, Chairman and CEO of Allegiance stated, “I am confident that this enhanced organizational structure will allow Allegiance to move forward and manage our progression intelligently. Our current Members and future Members will also benefit from a strong company configuration that is aligned to support future growth”.
About Allegiance
Allegiance Retail Services, LLC supports independent supermarkets (e.g., Foodtown, Freshtown,
Freshco, D’Agostino, LaBella Marketplace, Brooklyn Harvest, Market Fresh, Big Deal Food Market and Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace) for retail success by providing them with marketing, advertising, technological and merchandising support, as well as a full line of Foodtown private label products.
For more information, visit www.allegianceretailservices.com.
Source: Allegiance Retail Services, LLC