The Giant Company has named Rebecca Lupfer as senior vice president and chief merchant, effective immediately, the grocer announced Tuesday.
Lupfer, who served most recently as The Giant Company’s chief financial officer, will lead all aspects of merchandising as well as commercial planning and pricing for the chain. She will report to President John Ruane, who ascended to the top role in July 2023.
Lupfer arrived at the Ahold Delhaize-owned grocer in 2018 as director of merchandising planning. She went on to serve as vice president of The Giant Company’s Mid-Atlantic unit and its vice president of center store grocery before rising to head the company’s financial operations last October.
Before joining The Giant Company, which runs almost 200 stores in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, Lupfer held multiple positions for Ahold Delhaize USA and Ahold Financial Services, which she joined in 2005 as a business analyst.
“With nearly 20 years of retail grocery experience spanning nearly all areas of the business, Rebecca brings a tremendous amount of expertise to the table as well as an incredible passion for building strong teams that deliver results,” Ruane said in a statement.
Giant Food, another Ahold Delhaize-owned grocer in the U.S., also recently named a veteran of the Dutch company’s U.S. unit to serve as its chief merchant.
