• Don Fitzgerald, the former vice president of sales and merchandising at Meijer and a former Dominick’s executive, is joining Roundy’s as group vice president of merchandising and procurement.
• The Wall Street Journal reports that Starbucks has appointed Cliff Burrows, who runs the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa businesses, to take over as president of its US division. He succeeds Launi Skinner, who resigned from the company, and is part of broad management shakeup being engineered by CEO Howard Schultz to respond to a weakening business climate.
• The Wall Street Journal reports that Starbucks has appointed Cliff Burrows, who runs the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa businesses, to take over as president of its US division. He succeeds Launi Skinner, who resigned from the company, and is part of broad management shakeup being engineered by CEO Howard Schultz to respond to a weakening business climate.
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