US supermarket group Safeway has promoted Texas division president Tom Schwilke to the post of president and GM, perishables.

Schwilke will join the company’s corporate merchandising team where he will report to merchandising president Kelly Griffith.

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Succeeding Schwilke as Texas division president will be Paul McTavish, currently VP, retail marketing execution in Safeway’s Denver division.

“Both Tom and Paul have proven track records of success in a variety of challenging retail and marketing leadership roles,” said Steve Burd, Safeway’s chairman, president and CEO.

“We have great confidence in their abilities to lead these large organisations and we look forward to their continued success in their new assignments.”

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