Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets has promoted Brian Bosworth to senior director of center store merchandising and sales and Ashley Odom to director of center store merchandising. 
Bosworth will oversee dry grocery; general merchandise; health and beauty care; frozen; dairy; grocery; beer, wine and spirits; and center store field merchandising. He joined the company in 2011 as a category manager and subsequently worked as center store sales manager and most recently as director of center store merchandising. He reports to Richard Gunn, SVP of merchandising and sales.
Odom oversees the day-to-day management of frozen; dairy and beer, wine and spirits. She joined the company in 2018 as senior category manager for adult beverages. She previously worked in category management positions at Albertson’s and Supervalu. She reports to Bosworth.
Harry and Sigmund Weis founded Weis Markets in 1912, when they opened a small neighborhood store known as Weis Pure Foods on Market Street in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Today, Harry’s grandson, Jonathan, oversees a company with stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia. Overall, the company employs more than 19,000 associates in its stores, distribution center, corporate office and manufacturing facilities. Built on self reliance, the company processes its own milk and uses the excess butterfat to make its Weis Quality Ice Cream.
Weis also supports local farmers. In Pennsylvania alone, the company annually buys more than 20 million pounds of locally grown produce and it also purchases local produce in all of the states where it has stores.
Each year, Weis Markets supports local food banks and food pantries through its Fight Hunger program which generates hundreds of thousands of meals for people in need. It also donates to community-based health care organizations, focusing on charitable and clinic programs benefiting women’s health care, mammography screening and pediatric programs. The company also is committed to reducing its environmental impact. It is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Chill program. Throughout the company, Weis is installing energy efficient equipment and systems in its stores. It also is a long-time proponent of recycling. In a given year, Weis recycles more than 23,000 tons of cardboard, 750 tons of plastic and 329 tons of paper.
