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Hart ascending to new role as Aldi U.S. CEO

Aldi U.S. on Friday announced that Jason Hart, one of three leaders comprising the retailer’s office of the president, will be promited to a new role as CEO effective April 1.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

November 21, 2014

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Aldi U.S. on Friday announced that Jason Hart, one of three leaders comprising the retailer’s office of the president, will be promoted to a new role as CEO effective April 1.

Jason Hart

Charles Youngstrom and David Behm will support Hart in continued roles as co-presidents, the retailer said.

Hart has spent his entire career at Aldi, beginning as a management trainee out of college in 1993.

The change in leadership accompanies what Aldi described as the early stages of an accelerated strategic growth plan in the U.S. That plan includes the recently announced deal to acquire 66 Bottom Dollar store locations from Delhaize and a planned expansion to California.

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“Rising demand for Aldi is fueling significant expansion as growing numbers of smart shoppers are discovering that they can save time and money at Aldi without sacrificing quality," the company said in a statement. "Aldi plans to open 650 new stores across the country, including expanding to Southern California, bringing its total number of US stores to nearly 2,000 by the end of 2018.”


 

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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