The parent company of Acme Markets, the region’s largest grocery chain, yesterday named Dan Sanders Acme’s new president. Sanders, the former chief executive officer of Texas-based United Supermarkets, will join Acme immediately and replaces Judith Spires, who resigned earlier this month.
Supervalu Inc., the Minnesota company that owns Acme, appointed Sanders less than three weeks after Spires announced her resignation effective March 13. Acme operates 124 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, and it has more than 16,000 employees.
Acme, based in Malvern, has the largest market share in the Philadelphia region, though it has lost ground to ShopRite, Giant, and newcomers such as Wegmans.
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