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Dick was the President and CEO of Vons companies, a 329 store chain that is now part of Safeway.
Prior to that Dick was on the Executive Committee of American Stores, the 1695 store supermarket
chain that was #2 in the US in 1990, prior to its merger with Albertsons. Dick was the President
and COO of Lucky’s Supermarkets from 1988 to 1994. Earlier, he was the President of Family Mart
Stores. Dick has spent 45 years in all areas of Retail Management that include Operations, Logistics,
Procurement, and Store Development. Dick has spent the last 15 years turning around under-
performing divisions and companies that included two major mergers and one divestiture.
Since retiring from the retail food industry, he has been working on consulting assignments for food
retailers and consumer packaged goods companies. Retailers include Harris Teeter, Safeway,
Haggen, Publix, Eagle Foods, etc. Consumer packaged goods companies include Pillsbury, Potlach,
Nabisco Brands, ConAgra, General Mills, etc. | 