Grand Rapids, Michigan-based SpartanNash has promoted Todd Riksen to VP, corporate controller and principal accounting officer.
Riksen oversees all company accounting functions and reports to Jason Monaco, EVP and CFO.
“Todd has provided incredible leadership to our finance organization as we navigated a company-wide turnaround these past couple of years,” Monaco said.
“He and his team will continue to provide best-in-class accounting support as the company makes progress toward our long-term goals. As part of our ‘People First’ culture, we are proud to promote from within to fill this critical role.”
Riksen joined SpartanNash in April 2018 as director, financial reporting and corporate accounting. He was named VP, corporate controller in March 2021. Prior to SpartanNash, he spent nearly 12 years in the assurance practice at EY. Riksen is a graduate of Hope College.
As a food wholesaler and retailer with a global supply chain network, SpartanNash customers span a diverse group of national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the company’s own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers.
SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and its Our Family portfolio of products, to locations in all 50 states, in addition to distributing to the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Djibouti, Korea and Japan.
To support its distribution business, the company operates a network of large-scale distribution facilities and a nationwide transportation fleet. In addition, it owns and operates 147 supermarkets – under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market – and shares its operational insights to drive solutions for its food retail customers.
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