For Immediate Release: February 9, 2010 Contact: Eddie Owens, APR, Director of Corporate Communications
(office: 806.788.4863; cell: 806.928.0462)
Sanders Resigns as CEO of United Supermarkets
LUBBOCK, TX – Dan J. Sanders, executive vice president and CEO of United Supermarkets, LLC, has submitted his resignation according to an announcement today by Co-Presidents Gantt and Matt Bumstead.
“The Board of Advisors has accepted it, gratefully acknowledging the fine work Dan has done in his nearly six years in this role,” the Bumsteads said in a statement.
Effective immediately, Robert Taylor, vice president of logistics, will serve as interim CEO. Taylor has been a member of the company’s leadership team since July 2007, when United purchased R.C. Taylor Distributing. Taylor’s family has operated
R.C. Taylor Distributing in Lubbock since 1949, and Taylor was company president at the time of the purchase.“We will make announcements about further plans at a later date as we examine the next steps for our executive leadership team,” Gantt Bumstead said.
Sanders assumed the role of CEO in 2004 after holding other executive roles at United in the advertising, marketing, sales/merchandising and human resources departments. Before joining the company, he was a principal in AdPlex and the founder of AdContent, both of which provided advertising production and content management technology to Fortune 500 companies.
Sanders and his wife, Shanna, have two children.“We extend our deepest gratitude to Dan for everything he has meant to our company during his tenure here, and we are all appreciative of the tremendous leadership he has provided over the years,” said Matt Bumstead. “We wish him the best and will always be thankful for what he brought to our family.”
About United Supermarkets
Now in its 94th year of operation, United Supermarkets, LLC, is a Texas-based, family-owned grocery chain with stores in 30 markets across north and west Texas. A self-distributing company with its headquarters and distribution center in Lubbock, United currently operates 50 stores under three distinct formats: United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos United.
