Common Denominators: What traits do this year’s Power Players share?

This page presents new category breakdowns that group power players according to traits they have in common. This answers such questions as: Which leaders are recession busters? Which are nutrition champions? And so on. Each trait is given an identifying icon that is also used in the profiles throughout this issue. These alphabetical lists for each characteristic aren’t meant to be all-inclusive, but rather to provide a sampling of those who excel in each.


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Acquisition Buster
Nutrition Champion
New to List
Format Innovator

Recession Buster
Sustainability Chief
Policy Star
Turnaround Artist


ACQUISITION ARCHITECT

Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Gary Chartrand, Acosta Sales and Marketing Co.
Rick Cohen, C&S Wholesale Grocers
Douglas Conant, Campbell Soup Co.
Ed Crenshaw, Publix Super Markets
Jerry Garland, Associated Wholesale Grocers
Al Plamann, Unified Grocers
Michael B. Polk, Unilever Americas
Thomas M. Ryan, CVS Caremark Corp.

NUTRITION CHAMPION

Paul Bulcke, Nestlé S.A.
David DeLorenzo, Dole
Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola Co.
David Mackay, Kellogg Co.
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo.
Kendall J. Powell, General Mills

NEW TO LIST

Pamela Bailey, Grocery Manufacturers Assoc.
Robert Carpenter, GS1 US
David DeLorenzo, Dole
Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores
Cathy Green, Produce Traceability Initiative
Margaret Hamburg, FDA
Craig Herkert, Supervalu
Lisa Jackson, EPA
Bob McDonald, Procter & Gamble
Barack Obama
The Private Label
Thomas M. Ryan, CVS Caremark Corp.
Leslie G. Sarasin, Food Marketing Institute
Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services
Laura Sen, BJ’s Wholesale Club
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture

FORMAT INNOVATOR

Steve Burd, Safeway
Mike Duke, Wal-Mart Stores
Ric Jurgens, Hy-Vee
David Shapira, Giant Eagle



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