Target Appoints Veteran Grocery Leader, Anne Dament, to Drive Food Reinvention
April 13 2015 - 1:15PM
Business Wire
Dament joins retailer as Senior Vice
President-Merchandising
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced the appointment
of Anne Dament to the role of Senior Vice President, Merchandising.
In this role, she will be responsible for leading the strategic
repositioning of Target’s food business.
Dament brings more than 19 years of grocery and consumer
packaged goods experience to the role. She started her career in
food, as a buyer at SUPERVALU and then at Safeway where she held
various category and sales management positions. Later she led
Safeway’s Homecare and General Merchandising business operations,
where she worked closely with a variety of consumer packaged goods
partners and focused on the company’s global buying strategy. In
her final role at Safeway, she served as Group Vice President,
Perishable Strategy, where she introduced newness in assortments
and merchandising, including meal solutions and grab-and-go
options.
Dament’s background also includes positions at ConAgra Foods
subsidiary Grist Mill Co. and Otis Spunkmeyer. She joins Target
from PetSmart, where she most recently served as Vice
President-Services.
Target leadership previously announced the company will
reposition its approach to food over the next 12 to 18 months.
Based on guest insights, focus areas will include making
better-for-you options simple and attainable, providing meal
solutions and offering unique selections for everyday occasions as
well as entertaining.
“Our guests tell us they expect Target to inspire them with
differentiated food offerings like we do in other areas. We have an
opportunity to make food more reflective of our brand, elevate the
shopping experience and make Target a food destination for our
guests. Having previously worked alongside Anne, I know her
industry expertise and proven ability to reinvigorate existing
businesses make her the right leader to drive our reinvention,”
said Target Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell.
“My very first job was in a local grocery store and I’ve had a
passion for food ever since. Joining the team at Target gives me an
opportunity to bring my professional experience and love of food to
the organization as their transformation is just getting underway,”
said Dament. “I’m excited to return home to Minnesota and work
alongside great leaders for such an iconic brand.”
Target’s food reinvention will emphasize six key categories that
resonate most with its guests: better-for-you snacks, coffee and
tea, premium sauces and oils, specialty candy, wine and craft beer,
and yogurt and granola. It will also expand the availability of
natural, organic, locally grown and gluten-free choices to fit
guests’ wellness-focused lifestyles. Work on the reinvention is
underway, with the most significant changes slated to arrive in
stores in 2016.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests
at 1,795 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5
percent of its profit to communities, that giving equals more than
$4 million a week. For more information, visit
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Target Public RelationsKatie Boylan, 612-761-7788orTarget Media
Hotline, 612-696-3400
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