A&P Names David Smithies Head of Atlantic Region.Business Editors MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2002 The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GAP) today announced that David Smithies has been appointed President of the company's Atlantic Region. Reporting to Elizabeth R Elizabeth R is a BBC television drama serial that was broadcast in six, 85 minute parts on terrestrial channel BBC Two from February to March 1971. Starring Glenda Jackson in the title role, it was a largely accurate, historical portrayal of the life of Elizabeth I of . Culligan, President & Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , he succeeds Craig Sturken, who left the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Smithies joined A&P in 1986, and has served in a number of operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. positions, eventually heading the company's Waldbaum's group, and in his most recent promotion, the Atlantic Region's Northeast Operations group. Commenting on the appointment, Ms. Culligan said, "Dave's leadership has been a major factor in the ongoing improvement of our store operations and customer service performance in the Northeast. I look forward to working with him as he assumes operating responsibility for A&P's largest operating region." A&P's Atlantic Region, based in Paterson, N.J., operates more than 400 supermarkets, including the A&P, Waldbaum's and The Food Emporium stores in the New York Metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. ; the A&P and Super Foodmart stores in New England, and the Super Fresh stores in the Baltimore and Philadelphia markets. 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, The 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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