Food City officials recently named Dan Glei as the company’s new Vice President of Center Store.   Glei, formerly of Carlisle PA brings more than 25 years of industry experience to the Food City team.

“Dan has worked in grocery and consumer package goods industry for a number of years, specializing, merchandising, private brands and most recently ecommerce,” says Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer.  “I am confident that he will prove to be a valuable asset to our company and that his service in this key position will enable us to continue to advance and improve upon our center store operations.”

Prior to joining the Food City team, Glei served in a number of capacities for Ahold USA/Giant Food Stores, including senior vice president merchandising, senior vice president brand & format development and senior vice president ecommerce.  

His new responsibilities with Food City will include the oversight of all center store operations, supervision of the category management staff, space management team, grocery supervisors  and coordination of the Consumer Product Goods partners.  

“I am very excited to be part of the Food City team, a first class organization”, said Glei.  “Food City has a customer first focus throughout all levels of the organization, which makes it very clear on what our priorities are every day.”

Glei holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing from Michigan State University. He plans to relocate to the Abingdon area with his wife, Leigh and daughter Sarah.  

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores operates 106 retail food outlets throughout the tri-state regions of Southeast Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee.