Ted Adornato joined Spartan Stores in December 2003 as Executive Vice President Retail Operations. Prior to joining Spartan, Ted held the position of Regional Vice President of Tops Markets, L.L.C. Eastern Region, an operating company of the Netherlands based Royal Ahold, one of the largest food retailers in the Netherlands and United States.
He has more than 22 years experience in the retail grocery industry and, most recently, 10 years with Tops where he led the successful turnaround of an underperforming operating market, including 22 acquired retail stores. He also held complete operating and profit and loss responsibilities for 62 retail stores. Prior to Tops, he spent 12 years with Acme Markets, Inc. in various managerial positions. Ted holds a Bachelor of Science in Account and Finance from Binghamton University School of Management.
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