Michael Papaleo currently Executive Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer is retiring from C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC after a tenure of 27 years.  He was responsible for quality service to retail customers, inventory management, trade relations, merchandising and served as a senior executive in the company.

Eric Winn, CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers state, “Michael have help lead C&S through many market changes and has been a very respected leader both within the Company as in the overall grocery industry.”  He will be succeeded by Mark McGowan, Executive Vice President responsible for Retail and the Chief Merchandising Officer.  Andrew Connell, Senior Vice President for Procurement will be responsible for demand planning and ensuring aspects of purchasing.

The retirement of Papaleo comes at a difficult time since C&S Wholesale Grocers is the designated acquirer of close to 570 stores that will be divested if the merger between Kroger and Albertsons takes place.