Jim Dorey, president of value grocer Price Rite Marketplace, has joined ShopRite operator Inserra Supermarkets Inc. as senior vice president, a stepping stone to becoming the grocer’s president and chief operating officer.
Mahwah, N.J.-based Inserra said Friday that Ron Onorato, its current president and COO, aims to retire within the next two years, and Dorey will eventually transition to that role. He starts at Inserra as senior vice president effective immediately.
A member of the Wakefern Food Corp. grocery retail cooperative, Inserra Supermarkets operates 22 ShopRite stores and two Price Rite locations in New Jersey and New York.
With the departure of Dorey, plans call for Kevin McDonnell, currently senior vice president of operations at Price Rite Marketplace, to lead the Price Rite team. The chain operates 62 grocery stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Maryland.
“We welcome Jim to our team at Inserra Supermarkets,” Lawrence Inserra Jr., chairman and CEO of Inserra Supermarkets, said in a statement. “His valuable experience with Wakefern Food Corp. makes him a great choice to lead us into the future. We congratulate Ron on his planned retirement and are grateful for all the contributions he has…
