C&S Wholesale Grocers has announced plans to strengthen the company’s senior executive team and stay out in front of an evolving grocery landscape. The company announced plans to appoint Joe Cavaliere to the position of Chief Commercial Officer, effective September 4, 2018.
“C&S has an impressive legacy of innovation and delivers distribution excellence for the lowest cost in the food business,” said Cavaliere, in a press release. “In the years ahead, we have a unique opportunity to build on this success to leverage industry-leading capabilities to become the undisputed partner of choice for growth.”
Cavaliere brings more than 30 years of food industry experience to his new position—including stints in senior roles such as President and Global Chief Customer Officer. The incoming CCO has worked in customer development roles with Kraft Foods, Unilever, and Newell Brands.
“Joe is a result driven, strategic leader focused on people leadership, customer development, and identifying creative solutions for solving customer issues,” said Mike Duffy, Chief Executive Officer. “He has a passion for building high-performing teams and developing new capabilities and will be instrumental in defining solutions to help our customers win.”
The company noted, in its press release, that the addition of Cavaliere as Chief Commercial Officer exemplifies C&S Wholesale’s enhanced focus on customer collaboration to keep up with the evolving grocery retail landscape, and the company noted that Cavaliere’s breadth of industry experience will help position C&S to stay up on consumer trends and provide top quality service to its current and new customers.
In addition to his professional experience in the food industry, Cavaliere has served on the boards of various philanthropic organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Breakthrough Atlanta, The National Association of Chain Drug Foundation, RILA (Retail Industry Leaders Association), and Enactu. He holds a B.A. in economics and business administration from Ursinus College.
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