The company that owns Farm Fresh confirms the longtime Hampton Roads grocer laid off nearly half of its merchandising and operations department at the market’s Virginia Beach headquarters this week as it merges the roles with another of its store brands, Maryland-based Shoppers.
SuperValu spokesman Jeff Swanson said Thursday that 21 of 44 merchandising and operations positions in Virginia Beach were eliminated. He said a remaining 23 jobs in operations would stay in Hampton Roads.
Swanson also said Micky Nye, Farm Fresh’s president, would stay in Virginia Beach but would be regional vice president of operations for Minnesota-based SuperValu overseeing Farm Fresh, Shoppers and the company’s Shop ‘n Save brand of stores.
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