What Happened?
Boise, ID-based Albertsons Appointed Anuj Dhanda as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
When Joe Albertson opened his first grocery store in Boise, Idaho, in 1939, he called it “Idaho’s largest and finest food store.” Joe was innovative. He had one of the first magazine racks in the country. He offered his customers hot, buttered popcorn, roasted nuts, and double-dipped home-made ice cream cones, plus one of the first scratch bakeries. From the beginning, his philosophy was to “Give the customer the merchandise they want, at a price they can afford, complete with lots of tender, loving care.” Today, in all of its stores from Arizona to Florida and with over 20,000 associates, Albertson’s LLC still practices this same philosophy. The organization has evolved from that corner store into a chain spanning several states, but its focus continues to be on the customer, and on becoming the favorite neighborhood food and drug retailer in every market where it does business.
About the Person
Anuj Dhanda has most recently served as chief information officer and SVP digital commerce for Giant Eagle. Dhanda graduated from the University of Delhi with a degree in commerce and received his MBA and Ph.D. in finance from Rutgers University. He began his career as a consultant with KPMG in Bahrain in 1984, and then worked at JP Morgan Chase before joining PNC Financial Services Group where he rose to the position of EVP and chief information officer. He joined Giant Eagle as CIO in 2013.
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