Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 27, 2002

Jeffrey Noddle – Supervalu Inc (svu)

JEFFREY NODDLE is President and Chief Executive Officer of SUPERVALU, Inc. He was appointed as CEO in June 2001. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Noddle acted as President and Chief Operating Officer from June 22, 2000, from a position of Corporate Executive Vice President and President and Chief Operating Officer, Distribution Food Companies. Mr. Noddle's 30-year career is distinguished by leadership experience in food retailing and distribution. In this new position he has responsibility for all SUPERVALU operations, including its retail store network of more than 1,100 stores and its national, industry-leading distribution network. He is also a Director of the company. He has a BA degree in Business Administration, University of Iowa; Wharton School Executive Advanced Management Program, Levinson Institute. Mr. Noddle is on the Board of Directors, Donaldson Company, Inc.; Board of Directors, BICCGeneral Corporation; Board of Trustees, Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities; United Way Campaign of Minneapolis and a Trustee, The Retail Food Industry Center of the University of Minnesota. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with an overview of the company, how you see

SUPERVALU today?

Mr. Noddle: SUPERVALU is one of the largest food companies in the United

States. We're not always