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Smart & Final promotes two longtime execs

Sean Mahony, Matt Reeve appointed senior VPs

Russell Redman

November 14, 2019

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Smart & Final has promoted Sean Mahony to senior vice president of store operations and Matt Reeve to senior vice president of sales and merchandising.

Both longtime employees of Smart & Final, Mahony and Reeve previously held group vice president roles, the warehouse-style grocery retailer said Thursday.

“Sean and Matt are two industry veterans with more than a half-century of grocery retail experience between them,” President and CEO Dave Hirz said in a statement. “We are very fortunate to have them on our team. It has been a pleasure for me to work with them both for the past 10 years and to watch them grow in their careers. They are highly intelligent and have similar management styles that include living Smart & Final’s values every day. They’ve both made incredible contributions to Smart & Final over the years, and I’m proud to congratulate them on their much-deserved promotions.”

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Mahony (left) has served as group vice president of store operations since October 2015, overseeing the operations team for the 255 Smart & Final stores. Before that, he was group vice president for Northern California and then for Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. He began his career at Smart & Final nearly 27 years ago as a store associate, working at night while attending college.

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With more than 29 years in the grocery industry, Reeve (left) leads the sales and merchandising team responsible for category management and private label. He has served as group vice president of sales and merchandising since August 2016. Prior to that, he was vice president of grocery and frozen foods. He joined Smart & Final as a category manager in 2004.

The retailer noted that in 2008, Reeve helped transform Smart & Final with the launch of its newer, larger Smart & Final Extra! format, which now accounts for more than 75% of the company’s locations.

Commerce, Calif.-based Smart & Final operates 324 stores, including 255 Smart & Final Extra! and legacy Smart & Final locations plus 69 Smart Foodservice Warehouse stores.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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