US supermarket retailer Winn-Dixie Stores has announced that the company’s shareholders have elected H. Jay Skelton as the new chairman.

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Skelton, president and chief executive officer of DDI, succeeds A. Dano Davis, who decided to retire from Winn-Dixie’s board of directors after more than 35 years with the company.


This week the company reported a net loss of US$153.1m, or $1.09 per share, for the first quarter to 22 September, compared to net earnings of $1.2m, or 1 cent per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2004. Net sales were $2.34bn, compared to $2.42bn a year earlier.

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