A&P Appoints John Metzger Chief Information Officer.Business Editors MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2002 The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GAP) announced today that John E. Metzger has been appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer. Reporting directly to Christian Haub, Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Metzger will be responsible for leading the Information Services See Information Systems. organization in support of A&P's strategic initiatives and objectives. He succeeds Nicholas L. Ioli, Jr., who left the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Metzger joined A&P in 1999 as Vice President, Supply & Logistics. In 2001, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Business Leader of the Company's supply chain and business process initiative. He will retain that role in addition to his new responsibility as CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. . Previously, Mr. Metzger was Senior Vice President of CS Integrated LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a unit of Security Capital Investment Trust (ProLogis), responsible for IS, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , marketing, transportation and engineering. Earlier, he held logistics and distribution management roles for RJR Nabisco RJR Nabisco, Inc., was an American conglomerate formed in 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. RJR Nabisco was purchased in 1988 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the second largest leveraged buyout in history, adjusted for inflation. and Standard Brands. Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Haub said, "In the past year, John has spearheaded the development and integration of our new business process and systems solutions into our merchandising, store operations and distribution functions. I am pleased with our progress thus far in executing this initiative, and confident that John's leadership will ensure its successful completion." 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 District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). 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. |
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