Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash welcomes Bennett Morgan to its executive leadership team. Morgan will serve as SVP and chief merchandising officer, effective Jan. 24, and will report to SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam.
“SpartanNash continues to recruit top talent as part of our People First strategy, and we are thrilled to welcome Bennett to the team,” Sarsam said. “Bennett will play a critical role in driving innovation for our customers and excellence with our in-store experience.”
Morgan joins SpartanNash from Amazon, where he helped launch its fast-growing grocery business, including opening physical stores across the country. He most recently served as Amazon Fresh category leader overseeing produce and protein products and having previously managed center store products as well.
Prior to Amazon, Morgan served as VP of merchandising for Walmart China and Japan, managing all non-buying portions of the merchandising organization. His key focus areas included cost negotiations and advanced data-led capabilities in assortment, pricing and promotions.
Morgan also spent several years of his career at H-E-B leading store operations, supply chain manufacturing and merchandising, and at the Boston Consulting Group and Citibank.
Morgan earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from Dartmouth College.
Morgan is the seventh addition to the SpartanNash executive leadership team since Sarsam joined the company in September 2020.
His announcement follows the recent promotion of Amy McClellan to SVP and chief marketing officer. For more information on McClellan’s promotion, click here.
SpartanNash’s core businesses include distributing grocery products to a group of independent and chain retailers and its corporate-owned retail stores.
SpartanNash serves customer locations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Djibouti.
The company owns 145 supermarkets – primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets, D&W Fresh Market, VG’s Grocery and Dan’s Supermarket – and shares its operational insights to drive solutions for SpartanNash food retail customers.
For more information on the company, visit spartannash.com.
