Common Denominators: What traits do this year’s Power Players share?

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ACQUISITION ARCHITECT Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch InBev Gary Chartrand, Acosta Sales and Marketing Co. Rick Cohen, C&S Wholesale Grocers Douglas Conant, Campbell Soup Co. Ed Crenshaw, Publix Super Markets Jerry Garland, Associated Wholesale Grocers Al Plamann, Unified Grocers Michael B. Polk, Unilever Americas Thomas M. Ryan, CVS Caremark Corp.

NUTRITION CHAMPION Paul Bulcke, Nestlé S.A. David DeLorenzo, Dole Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola Co. David Mackay, Kellogg Co. Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo. Kendall J. Powell, General Mills

NEW TO LIST Pamela Bailey, Grocery Manufacturers Assoc. Robert Carpenter, GS1 US David DeLorenzo, Dole Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores Cathy Green, Produce Traceability Initiative Margaret Hamburg, FDA Craig Herkert, Supervalu Lisa Jackson, EPA Bob McDonald, Procter & Gamble Barack Obama The Private Label Thomas M. Ryan, CVS Caremark Corp. Leslie G. Sarasin, Food Marketing Institute Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Laura Sen, BJ’s Wholesale Club Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture

FORMAT INNOVATOR Steve Burd, Safeway Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores Ric Jurgens, Hy-Vee David Shapira, Giant Eagle

RECESSION BUSTER

Dan Bane, Trader Joe’s
Pierre-Olivier Beckers, Delhaize Group
Charles C. Butt, H.E. Butt Grocery Co.
Douglas Conant, Campbell Soup Co.
Ed Crenshaw, Publix Super Markets
David Dillon, Kroger Co.
Rick Dreiling, Dollar General
Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores
Jerry Garland, Associated Wholesale Grocers
David Mackay, Kellogg Co.
Hank Meijer, Meijer Inc.
Al Plamann, Unified Grocers
Michael B. Polk, Unilever Americas
Kendall J. Powell, General Mills
John Rishton, Ahold
Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods
David Shapira, Giant Eagle
Jim Sinegal, Costco Wholesale Corp.
Danny Wegman, Wegmans Food Markets
David J. West, The Hershey Co.
Charles Youngstrom, Aldi U.S.

SUSTAINABILITY CHIEF

Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola Co.
John Mackey, Whole Foods Market

POLICY STAR

Pamela Bailey, Grocery Manufacturers Assoc.
Steve Burd, Safeway
Joseph S. Colalillo, Wakefern Food Corp.
Margaret Hamburg, FDA
Joe Hansen, UFCW
Ric Jurgens, Hy-Vee
Barack Obama
Leslie G. Sarasin, Food Marketing Institute
Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas Zaucha, National Grocers Association

TURNAROUND ARTIST

Rick Dreiling, Dollar General
Peter Lynch, Winn-Dixie Stores
John Rishton, Ahold
Gary Rodkin, ConAgra Foods
David J. West, The Hershey Co.