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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
  • Public
  • US
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C&S sees the need for fresh groceries. Founded in 1918 and headquartered in Keene, NH, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. is New England's largest and the US's second-largest food wholesaler. The company delivers groceries to about 4,000 independent stores, supermarkets, mass marketers, and wholesale groups. It distributes more than 53,000 products from over 50 warehouses and has over 15 million square feet of storage space. The company has 2005 revenue of about $15.2 billion and employs about 20,000 workers. It is the eighth-largest privately owned company in the US. The company purchased 104 BI-LO and Bruno's stores in 2005.

Board of Directors
Kevin C. Melia
Number of Employees 12,000
Contact Information

7 Corporate Dr

Keene, New Hampshire 03431

cswg.com

(603) 354-7000

NAICS Code General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers: 424410

Recent Events

  • C&S Wholesale Grocers Improves Productivity At Its Distribution Centers Using Retalix Transportation Software

    12/09/08 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • C&S Wholesale Grocers Selects DemandTec to Improve Vendor Collaboration on Trade Deals

    7/23/08 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • A&P, C&S to Merge A&P, Pathmark Supply Deals

    3/11/08 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Penn Traffic, C&S sign produce contract

    2/16/08 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • C&S Wholesale Grocers Partners with First Book® in Early Literacy Program for Children in Need

    4/20/07 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • C&S Wholesale Grocers Partners with First Book® in Early Literacy Program for Children in Need

    3/08/07 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

c&s wholesale grocers inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Marc Smith Co-President
Ron Wright Chief Operating Officer and Co-President of C&S
Chris Kreidler Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Joe Caracappa CIO & Senior Vice President, IT
Mark Gross CFO, Executive Vice President & Secretary
Bruce Johnson Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Nat Silverman Executive Vice President of Distribution and Supply Chain Management
Scott Charlton Executive Vice President of Operations
Bill Hamlin Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
Bob Palmer Senior Vice President, Production
Cindy Bradley Senior Vice President, HR
George Semanie Senior Vice President, Perishable Prods
Michelle Livingstone Senior Vice President, Transportation
Mike Newbold General Counsel & Senior Vice President
Joseph M Nangle Director of Warehousing
Michael Beaulieu Senior Vice President, Finance & Controller

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Kevin C. Melia Board of Directors
Rick Cohen Chairman & CEO
Reuben Harris Vice Chairman
Todd Krasnow Board of Directors

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Organization Position Status
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Stanford University MBA Former
University of Rochester MBA Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania BS In Accounting Former
Antioch College Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering Former

Marc Smith joined C&S in 2006 as Co-President. From 2000-2006, Marc was the President and CEO of Stop & Shop and added responsibility for Giant of Landover in 2004. Together, the 2 chains have over $16 billion in revenue and operate 560 plus stores. Before becoming President of Stop & Shop, Marc held positions in buying, sales, marketing and operations at Stop & Shop. Prior to joining Stop & Shop in 1988, Marc's experiences included assignments at First National and Price Chopper Supermarkets. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.

Organization Position Status
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Co-President Current
State University of New York at Albany Former

Ron Wright is Chief Operating Officer and Co-President of C&S. He joined C&S as a grocery buyer in 1983 after 10 years in various grocery procurement management positions with Star Markets. In 1987 Ron was promoted to Vice President of Grocery Procurement and then to Senior Vice President of Grocery and Frozen Procurement in 1990. In 1995, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and became a member of the C&S Advisory Board. Ron was promoted to President of C&S in 1998 and assumed responsibility for all wholesale operations within the company. Ron has been active in several food industry professional groups and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Food Distribution Institute (FDI). He is a former Chairman of New England Wholesale Food Distributors Association. In 2000 Ron was named "Connecticut Food Stores Man of the Year". He also served as the 2000 General Co-chairman for the Deborah Hospital Foundation. Ron holds a BS degree in economics from Lowell Technological Institute (now University of Massachusetts-Lowell).

Organization Position Status
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Chief Operating Officer and Co-President of C&S Current
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Deborah Hospital Foundation Co-Chairman Former

Chris Kreidler is Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer. Chris is responsible for the company's corporate strategy, M&A activities, capital structure, treasury operations, financial controls and reporting, financial planning and analysis, tax planning and compliance, internal auditing and real estate strategy. Chris previously enjoyed a very successful 11 years at YUM! Brands, Inc., the $9.3 billion parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, A&W All-American Food Restaurants and Long John Silver's. At YUM! Brands, Chris held roles of increasing responsibility in the finance arena, serving for his two final years as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Treasurer. In that role, he was responsible for all relationships with the company's full portfolio of banking partners and lenders, global corporate strategy, capital strategy and planning, risk management, domestic and international M&A, and the finance function for the Long John Silver's/A&W Division. Prior to Yum, Chris was a partner in the small investment banking firm led by T. Boone Pickens. Chris is a graduate of Rice University, where he earned a BA in managerial studies and economics as well as an MBA in management information systems, accounting and marketing.

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C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. CIO & Senior Vice President, IT Current

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C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. CFO, Executive Vice President & Secretary Current
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Bruce Johnson joined C&S in 2007 as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. He is responsible for the identification, selection and development of all employees, Total Rewards programs and systems, labor relations, corporate social responsibility and organizational development. Bruce is also responsible for workers' compensation, safety, risk management and environmental health. Prior to joining C&S, as Senior Vice President of HR at Timberland, Bruce led a global team of approximately 200 employees. He enjoyed tremendous success designing and developing HR initiatives that established Timberland as an employer of choice. Prior to his position at Timberland, he served in HR leadership roles at DuPont, America West Airlines, Ryder System and IBM. Bruce holds a B.A. in History from Middlebury College.

Organization Position Status
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Executive Vice President of Human Resources Current
Middlebury College BA In History Former

Nat Silverman is Executive Vice President of Distribution and Supply Chain Management, overseeing planning and acquisition of facilities and warehouse technology for both C&S and its affiliates. Put simply, he is responsible for ensuring that these organizations are at the forefront of distribution technology and logistics. He joined C&S in 1994 as Director of Warehouse Operations. Since then he has been promoted several times as he increasingly assumed additional responsibilities in the distribution operations at C&S. In 1998, Nat was appointed to C&S' Board. Before joining C&S, he was President of the Retail Division of Hilltop Steakhouse, a retail chain headquartered in Saugus, Massachusetts. Prior to that, Nat spent 28 years at Star Markets, working in a variety of management and executive positions. Nat holds a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Food Association.

Organization Position Status
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Executive Vice President of Distribution and Supply Chain Management Current
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Massachusetts Food Association, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Hilltop Steakhouse President Former
Northeastern University Master of Business Administration Former

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Organization Position Status
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. General Counsel & Senior Vice President Current
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Joseph M. Nangle is a Director of the Bank. Mr. Nangle is the Director of Warehousing for C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. C&S is a national wholesale company generating over $19 billion dollars in annual revenue. Mr. Nangle is responsible for 10 warehousing facilities in New England from Brattleboro, Vermont to East Windsor, Connecticut. He has direct oversight responsibility for 2,000 employees with a weekly payroll of $1.2 million dollars. Mr. Nangle lives in Westfield, Massachusetts and is actively involved with the Westfield Rotary Club and a member of the board of directors of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce. He is also actively involved in the community through his volunteer work with the Westfield Department of Parks and Recreation as a youth basketball coach.

Organization Position Status
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Todd Krasnow is an accomplished entrepreneur, consumer sales & marketing executive and early stage venture investor. He was co-founder and Chairman of Zoots, now the largest chain of dry cleaners in the U.S. Todd was a member of the original management team at Staples and served as Staples' EVP of Sales and Marketing.Staples reached over $7 billion in sales by the time he left to co-found Zoots. Todd won a gold "Clio" award for the best retail advertising in the United States. Todd is a Director of Harvard Business School's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and several privately-held companies. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in Chemistry from Cornell University.

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Executive News

  • C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Implements XATANET On-Demand Fleet Management Software

    PR Newswire - 10/09/07 - View Story