Steve van der Leest Steve van der Leest has done just about everything in the grocery store, from part-time bagger, to store manager, to independent owner. Shelley Broader Walmart Canada’s new boss, Shelley Broader, started her career in finance advising U.S. Frank Coleman Frank Coleman is CEO of Colemans Food Centres in Newfoundland. Bill Chen Bill Chen arrived in Toronto, in 1999, from Fuqing, China, and immediately began working in a supermarket. Eric La Flèche After graduating from Harvard with an MBA in 1991, Eric La Flèche called up Pierre Lessard, then president of Metro, and asked for a job. Bill McEwan President and CEO of Sobeys Inc., Bill McEwan, started in the grocery industry at age 15, working at a Ferraro’s Super Valu store in British Columbia. Anthony Longo Anthony Longo was born into the grocery business. UP and coming talent Meet the finalists of our first annual Generation Next Awards. Family affair Small, tough and independent, more than a century ago family grocers set the stage for today’s retail food industry. A new beginning Canada’s largest grocery retailers have embarked on a new approach to managing industry issues by establishing the Retail Council of Canada’s Grocery Division The remarkable Alex Campbell A legend in the business, he never forgot that a grocery store also had to be the centre of the community Back to the future As Canadian Grocer celebrates its 125th anniversary, we salute the leaders and future leaders in grocery First Previous 636 637 638 639 640 Next Last