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A&P Announces Rebecca Philbert Has Joined the Company as Senior VP of Merchandising.


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, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P, NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: GAP) today announced the appointment of Rebecca Philbert to the role of Senior Vice President, Merchandising merchandising

Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product.
. Reporting directly to Eric Claus, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Ms. Philbert is a member of the company's senior Executive Management Team.

With more than 25 years in the industry, Ms. Philbert joins A&P from Safeway, Inc. where she was most recently Corporate Vice President and Senior Lead of the Company's "Lifestyle Store" development project. Prior to that assignment, Ms. Philbert had served as corporate Vice President leading Deli and Foodservice merchandising. She has also held senior level positions in marketing and operations.

Eric Claus, President & CEO, said, "We are delighted to have Rebecca as a member of our team. We believe that her experience and talent will be a tremendous asset to our organization."

Founded in 1859, A&P is one of the nation's first supermarket chains. The company operates 405 stores in 9 states under the following trade names: A&P, Waldbaum's, The Food Emporium, Super Foodmart, SuperFresh, Farmer Jack, Sav-A-Center and Food Basics
For information about Food Basics in the USA, see: Food Basics USA.


Food Basics is a no-frills Canadian supermarket chain created by A&P Canada to compete with the successful No Frills warehouse style supermarket operated by Loblaw.
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