May 2, 2004
CHIACAGO, IL — May 2, 2004 — Food Marketing Institute (FMI) announced the reelection of 21 directors and the election of eight directors to the FMI Board of Directors. FMI also announced the reelection of a chair and four vice chairs to its Board.

Elected and reelected directors are Joseph Azzolina, Sr., president of Food Circus Supermarkets, Inc., Middletown, NJ; Fred Ball, chairman and CEO of Ball’s Price Chopper and Hen House Markets, Kansas City, KS; Stephen Bosker, president and CEO of White Rose Food, Carteret, NJ; Michael A. Bozzuto, chairman, president and CEO of Bozzuto’s, Inc., Cheshire, CT; J.H. Campbell, Jr., president and CEO of Associated Grocers, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA; Craig Cole, president and CEO of Brown & Cole Stores, Bellingham, WA; William J. Coyne, president and COO of Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, West Sacramento, CA; David B. Dillon, CEO of The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH; Kevin P. Doris, president and CEO of Gerland’s Food Fair, Inc., Houston, TX; Jeffrey A. Gietzen, vice chairman of D&W Food Centers, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI; Neil M. Golub, president and CEO of the Golub Corporation and Price Chopper Supermarkets, Schenectady, NY; Robert P. Hermanns, president and CEO of Associated Grocers, Inc., Seattle, WA; Ronald C. Hodge, president and CEO of Hannaford Bros. Co., Portland, ME; Thomas M. Honer, president of Harvest Market, Fort Bragg, CA; Peter Hung, chairman of Pearl River IGA, Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong; Louis Katopodis, president and CEO of Fiesta Mart, Inc., Houston, TX; John A. Lederer, president of Loblaw Companies Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Cananda; Brandt Louie, president and COO of H.Y. Louie Co. Limited, and chairman and CEO of London Drugs Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Bill MacAloney, chairman and CEO of Jax Markets, Anaheim, CA; Norman Mayne, CEO of the Dorothy Lane Market, Dayton, OH; Timothy T. Metcalfe, president and co-owner, Metcalfe Markets, Inc., Madison, WI; J. Christopher Michael, president and CEO of Associated Wholesalers, Inc., Reading, PA; Michael S. Needler, chairman, president and CEO of Needler Enterprises, Inc., Findlay, OH; Richard A. Parkinson, president and CEO of Associated Food Stores, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT; Feargal Quinn, managing director of Superquinn, Dublin, Ireland; Patrick Raybould, president of B&R Stores, Inc., Lincoln, NE; Arlie Rodhe, owner and chairman of Rodhe’s Market, Inc., Millersburg, OH; Larry Rothwell, owner and CEO of Mary Lawrence Corp., Pennington, NJ; and Craig D. Schnuck, chairman and CEO of Schnuck Markets, Inc., St. Louis, MO.

Appointed to the Board by the FMI chair are John T. Fujieki, chairman, president and CEO of Star Markets, Ltd., Honolulu, HI; Gonzalo Restrepo, CEO of Almacenes Exito, S.A., Medellín, Colombia; and Dave Skogen, owner and CEO of Skogen’s Festival Foods, Onalaska, WI.

Reelected as FMI vice chairs are Joseph S. Colalillo, owner and president of three ShopRite supermarkets, Flemington, NJ; William J. Grize, president and CEO of Ahold USA, Chantilly, VA; Jeff Noddle, chairman, president and CEO of SUPERVALU INC., Minneapolis, MN; Steven C. Smith, president and CEO, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., Abingdon, VA.

Liz Minyard, co-chairman and co-CEO of Minyard Food Stores, Inc., Dallas, TX, was reelected chair of the FMI Board; and Ronald D. Pearson, chairman and CEO, Hy-Vee, Inc., West Des Moines, IA, remains the immediate past chair.