Shaw's will have a new president
Shaw's Supermarkets Inc., the West Bridgewater-based grocery chain, said that its president, Larry Wahlstrom, has decided to retire after 38 years in the drug and food retailing industry.
Mike Witynski, 46, will replace Wahlstrom, 57, as president, Shaw's said in a press release. Witynski is group vice president of Our Own Brands, a unit of Shaw's parent company, SUPERVALU Inc., a Minnesota-based retailer.
Witynski, a 29-year industry veteran, begins his transition on Aug. 10, Shaw's said.
Regionally, SUPERVALU operates 195 store locations under the nameplates of Shaw's, Shaw's Osco, and Star Market. With estimated annual sales of $45 billion, SUPERVALU has roughly 2,500 retail grocery locations, including approximately 920 in-store pharmacies, across the United States.
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