The NCG’s category management team has been expanding over the past year to support success for brand partners and their member co-ops. Category Manager Director Jason Stein recently introduced new staff members, provided an update on category responsibilities, and gave a preview a new strategic leadership role that’s taking shape. New created positions include Senior Category Managers creating strategic leadership to maximize results. Both Claudia Arcuri-Smith and Brian Larson have been named Senior Category Managers, providing strategic direction to the NCG’s category management team.
Category Management includes:
Associate Category Management Includes:
The NCG National Co+op Grocers is a business services cooperative for 168 socially responsible, independently operated, community-owned grocery co-ops with over 230 stores in 40 states and $2.9 billion in annual sales. NCG provides the capacity of a chain to strengthen purchasing power and support healthy operations that deliver value to co-op owners and customers everywhere. NCG also helps unite and expand the voice of food co-ops to advocate for issues that are important to co-op owners, shoppers and communities. Together they are working to further their mission and shared values in the following areas: cooperative business, inclusive economies, racial equity, food justice, local food and farming, organic certification, climate action, environmental responsibility, engaged citizens and vibrant communities. Vendors and suppliers have an opportunity to work with NCG to create efficiencies and drive growth by meeting the needs of their co-ops and their shoppers. Co-op shoppers are some of the most committed health and wellness consumers in the country. NCG is owned by the co-ops they exist to serve.
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