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Gary Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Managing Partner
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Gary Smith has a distinguished career in grocery marketing,
merchandising and retail operations spanning more than 40 years. Prior
to founding Encore Associates, Gary served as Senior Vice President
of Marketing at Safeway where he was credited with the development
and implementation of many of Safeway’s industry-leading merchandising
and marketing programs during his watch. These include Safeway’s
category management process, Safeway’s customer loyalty card
and the company’s premium private label Safeway SELECT brands.
He was also responsible for the rollout of Safeway’s first computer-assisted
forward buying system and the consolidation of Safeway’s corporate
advertising, pharmacy merchandising, buying and pricing functions
into a single corporate group. In 1998 Gary accepted The Private Label
Manufacturers Associations “Retailer of the Year” for his
role in the development of the Safeway SELECT brand and private label
merchandising strategy. Gary is a member of the Board of Directors at Treehouse Foods, Altierre, Inc. and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Western Association of Food Chains, and Philly Swirl. |
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