Chris Hooks

Chris currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Retail and Wholesale Food companies as well as Consumer Packaged Goods Companies on a wide range of topics including merchandising, retail and wholesale operations, trade funding and vendor negotiations, Private Brand strategy, fresh strategy and operations, organizational structure and executive performance. Chris has wide-ranging P&L ownership experience in the retail and wholesale food industry. He also has extensive experience negotiating with major consumer goods companies (branded and Private Brand). Chris is equally at home in the board room and on the store floor, having spent his career bringing corporate strategy to life at the point where store associates serve shoppers every day. Chris has a BSBA in Accounting and Finance from Oklahoma State University. Most recently Chris served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Save A Lot and has 25+ years of leadership experience in the US Grocery Retail Industry. Prior to joining Save A Lot Chris served as the Senior Vice President of Consumable Merchandising at Family Dollar where he led the Food, Beverage, Tobacco, Household Product and Health & Beauty Care businesses. Prior to Family Dollar Chris served as the Executive Vice President for Topco Associates, LLC. He had responsibility for the company’s Grocery, Frozen, HBC, GM, Fresh Meat, Packaged Meat, Produce/Floral, Deli/Bakery and Strategic Sourcing in addition to Supply Chain, Marketing and Brand Development. Prior to joining Topco, Chris served as the Vice President- Food for Blue Ocean Innovative Solutions, a consulting firm based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Chris served as the Corporate Vice President of Meat, Seafood, Dairy and Frozen Food Merchandising for SUPERVALU Inc, a Fortune 100 company from 2010- 2013. He served as the Corporate Vice President of Service Deli, Prepared Foods and Dairy Merchandising since 2010. He served as Corporate Vice President of Service Deli, Prepared Foods Merchandising from 2009. Chris spent 11 years at the HEB Grocery Company serving in various Merchandising, Marketing and Store Operations leadership positions. He began his career in the Finance/Accounting sector.