Sean Griffin was on the verge of retiring from United Natural Foods Inc., but then it bought Supervalu Inc. Now he’ll become chief executive of the Eden Prairie-based firm as a unit of the combined firms.
United Natural Foods (UNFI) announced the appointment last week when it disclosed its latest financial results. He succeeds Mark Gross, who has led Supervalu for the past two years and is expected to leave at the completion of the $2.9 billion acquisition.
Griffin, who had been chief operating officer at UNFI for the past eight years, announced his retirement in May. But in July, when UNFI’s purchase of Supervalu was announced, CEO Steven Spinner asked Griffin to stay on and lead the integration of the two firms.
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