Speaker
Darren Caudill
Chief Sales Officer
Wakefern Food Corp.
Darren Caudill has over four decades of experience in grocery wholesale and retail. As Wakefern’s chief sales officer, he oversees the center store, own brands, fresh and prepared foods departments, and digital and innovation, marketing, merchandising, and sales and analytics divisions.
Wakefern Food Corp. is the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market banners.
Caudill came to Wakefern after spending a decade at Cub Foods, Supervalu, and UNFI, where he was the senior vice president of merchandising, marketing, and sales. He began his career at The Kroger Company, where his experience would lead him from a store manager’s position through roles as a category manager, merchandiser in the grocery and meat divisions, pricing strategy, loyalty marketing, and data analysis.