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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
The following table provides certain information concerning the executive officers of the Company as of April 26, 2016.
Name Age Present Position
Calendar Year
Elected to
Present
Position Other Positions Recently Held
with the Company
Mark Gross(1) 53 President and Chief Executive Officer 2016
Bruce H. Besanko(2) 57 Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer 2016 Executive Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer, 2015-April 2016;
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, 2013-2015
Randy Burdick(3) 58 Executive Vice President, Chief Information
Officer 2013
Eric A. Claus(4) 59 Chief Executive Officer, Save-A-Lot 2015
Susan S. Grafton(5) 59 Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief
Accounting Officer 2016 Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, 2015-April 2016;
Senior Vice President, Finance, and
Chief Accounting Officer, 2014-2015
Michele A. Murphy(6) 62 Executive Vice President, Human Resources and
Communications 2013 Senior Vice President, Human
Resources & Labor Relations,
2010-2013; Senior Vice President,
Labor & Employee Relations,
2006-2010
Karla C. Robertson 45 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary 2013 Executive Vice President, Legal
2013; Vice President, Employment,
Compensation and Benefits Law,
2012-2013; Director, Employment
Law, 2011-2012; Senior Labor and
Employment Counsel, 2009-2011
Michael Stigers(7) 57 Executive Vice President, Wholesale 2015 President of Cub Foods, 2014-2015;
President, Northern and Western
Region of Wholesale, 2013-2014;
President of Shaw’s, 2011-2013
Mark Van Buskirk(8) 58 Executive Vice President, Merchandising,
Marketing, Retail & Pharmacy 2013
James Weidenheimer(9) 57 Executive Vice President, Corporate
Development and Chief Innovation Officer 2016
Rob Woseth(10) 45 Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer 2013
(1) Mark Gross was appointed to President and Chief Executive Officer in February 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gross served
since 2006 as President of Surry Investment Advisors LLC, an advisory firm that Mr. Gross founded to provide consulting services to
grocery distributors and retailers with respect to strategic and operational matters. From 1997-2006, Mr. Gross held various positions at
C&S Wholesale Grocers, including serving as Co-President of C&S's overall operations from 2005-2006. Additionally, during his tenure
with C&S, Mr. Gross served as Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, and President of its affiliated retail grocery operations.
(2) Bruce H. Besanko was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in April 2016. Prior to
that, Mr. Besanko served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer from October 2015 to April 2016, and as Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer from August 2013 to October 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Besanko served as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2009, and as Chief Administrative Officer since October 2009, for OfficeMax.
Mr. Besanko previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Circuit City Stores, Inc. (“Circuit City”), a
specialty retailer of consumer electronics and related services, from July 2007 to February 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Besanko served as
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for The Yankee Candle Company, Inc., a designer, manufacturer, wholesaler
and retailer of premium scented candles, since April 2005. On November 10, 2008, Circuit City and several of its subsidiaries filed
voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia. Circuit City’s Chapter 11 plan of liquidation was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on September 14,
2010.
(3) Randy Burdick was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer in March 2013. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Burdick served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at OfficeMax from 2005-2013.
(4) Eric Claus was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Save-A-Lot in December 2015. Prior to joining the Company, from July 2013 until
December 2015, Mr. Claus served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Apple Stores Inc., a 155-store value-
oriented clothing, general merchandise and food chain in Canada. From 2012-2013, Mr. Claus served as Executive Chairman of TBS
Acquireco Inc. ("TBS"), overseeing under-performing assets. Mr. Claus joined TBS to restructure that company and in February 2013,
the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted protection to TBS from its creditors pursuant to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement
Act. Pursuant to court order in July 2013, the assets and continuing operations of TBS were sold to Red Apple Stores Inc. In September
2013, TBS made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. From 2009-2012, Mr. Claus