IGA APPOINTS SENIOR CONSULTANT FOR KEY EXECUTIVE POSITION

Jerry C. Pinney Retained as IGA International Coordinator

CHICAGO, IL - IGA today announced it has retained Jerry Pinney, President of Chicago based consulting firm Jerry Pinney & Associates, for the position of international coordinator. As international coordinator, Pinney will work to expand IGA’s global presence, while offering support to the office of the chairman and IGA’s international programs.

Jerry Pinney & Associates offers consulting and coaching services to a wide variety of clients, including Intrinsic Quality in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and Spokane, Wash., based Second Harvest Food Bank. Prior to founding his own company, Pinney had a 30-year career in the food industry, which included positions with IGA Inc., the National Grocers Association and Shurfine International. Most recently, Pinney was responsible for managing automotive giant Zenon C.R. Hansen’s family foundation, a non-profit organization “dedicated to providing resources to those who help themselves.”

“Executive Vice President, IGA International, Dr. Paulo Goelzer and I are extremely pleased to welcome Jerry Pinney back to the IGA Family,” said Dr. Thomas S. Haggai, chairman and CEO of IGA. “He was with us when IGA’s international expansion began, and it’s to our great advantage to have him return to coordinate our burgeoning world efforts.”

“I am very proud to have been retained as international coordinator for IGA,” said Pinney. “It’s with great excitement that I assume this role in the ever-expanding sphere of IGA’s global development.”

IGA, the only global supermarketer based in the United States, is the world’s largest voluntary supermarket network with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year. The Alliance includes more than 4,000 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 36 distribution companies and more the 55 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. IGA ranks in the top 10 in world food supermarketing. IGA has operations in 48 of the United States and more than 40 countries, commonwealths and territories on all six inhabited continents.