The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), yesterday [Monday] announced the following senior management appointments, effective immediately.
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Elizabeth R. Culligan has been named president & COO. She was previously executive VP & COO. In her new role, Culligan adds development and strategic planning to her previous responsibility for operations, marketing, category management and supply & logistics. She continues to report to Christian Haub, chairman of the board & CEO. Culligan joined A&P in January 2001 from Nabisco Holdings Corp., where she was president of Nabisco International.
The company also announced the appointment of Mitchell P. Goldstein as senior VP and CEO, also reporting to Haub. He succeeds Fred Corrado, vice chairman & CFO, who will retire in May. Goldstein joined A&P in January 2000 as senior VP, Finance.
Commenting on the appointments, Haub said, “Beth Culligan has been instrumental in our company’s improvement over the past year. With her outstanding leadership and management expertise, I am confident that she will continue to drive improved results as she assumes her new role.
“I am also pleased that Mitch Goldstein is assuming the position of CFO. Working closely with his predecessor Fred Corrado, Mitch has played a vital role in major initiatives that have significantly strengthened our company’s financial position, and I look forward to his leadership of this pivotal function going forward.”
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By GlobalDataHaub added: “I would like to thank Fred Corrado for his personal and professional support, and his significant contribution to our company. His efforts have been instrumental in positioning A&P for ongoing success.”
Founded in 1859, A&P was one of the nation’s first supermarket chains, and is today one of North America’s 10 largest. The company operates approximately 740 stores in 15 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada under the following trade names: A&P, Waldbaum’s, Food Emporium, Super Foodmart, Super Fresh, Farmer Jack, Kohl’s, Sav-A-Center, Dominion, The Barn Markets, Food Basics and Ultra Food & Drug.
