TRANSITIONS – Grocery Business Magazine

Liam Sobey is promoted to senior vice president of merchandising and sourcing for Sobeys.

Adam Tully is the new senior director of food merchandising for Calgary Co-op.

Costco Wholesale Corporation CEO Craig Jelinek steps down.

Ron Vachris becomes president and CEO.

Senior leadership changes at Loblaw Companies: Simon Romano, vice president of fresh procurement, expands his role to include produce procurement and quality assurance. Ryan Goad is senior director, produce procurement.

Justin Garibaldi and Sebastian Kmiecik are promoted to senior director, produce procurement, roles.

Oleen Smethurst is named vice president of Loblaw International.

Giant Tiger names Gino DiGioacchino president and CEO.

Sudhanshu Priyadarshi, CFO for Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), expands his role to the position of president of the international business segment, which includes KDP Canada.

Tommaso Brusò is appointed CEO of Eataly North America.

Andrea Chiaramello is promoted to senior vice president North America Retail Sales at Lavazza.

Tom Szostok is appointed senior vice president of sales for Lactalis Canada.

Dries D’Hooghe, interim chief operations officer at Walmart Canada, has been appointed senior vice president and CEO for wholesale, Walmart South Africa. Aamir Hanif is the new senior director of replenishment for Walmart Canada.

Todd Campbell joins Clorox Company as vice president of supply chain.

Errol Cerit is promoted to executive vice president industry, government relations and membership development, at Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP). Michi Furuya Chang is now executive vice president public policy, regulatory affairs and head of divisional strategy.

WK Kellogg Co names executive team: Tony Petitti is Canada general manager and vice president; Pierre Casgrain is sales director for Canada; Louise Jansen is the new director of commercial strategy; Jeff Chatterton is appointed marketing director; and Wendy Woods is the new Canada channels lead.

Jackie Kemp is named senior national sales manager FDM, for Organika Health Products.

Tania John is named to the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) regulatory affairs advisory council.

Kellanova Canada, formerly Kellogg Company, appoints new leadership: Tony Chow is president; Erin Towns is Canada sales lead; Gretchen Merkel is Canada supply chain lead; Lores Tomé is Canada corporate affairs lead; and Nicole Gawen is Canada marketing lead.

Rameez Gulam is promoted to head of ice cream Canada at Unilever. He succeeds Andrea Grimandi, who has joined Seda International Packaging Group as vice president of food packaging.

Frank Spagnuolo joins Burnac Produce Group as senior vice president and managing director.

Anne-Marie Docherty is named president of Halo Top Canada.

Joe Ens is the new CEO of Fontaine Santé Foods.