As President and CEO of Save-A-Lot, Bill Shaner leads the nation's largest hard discount grocery store chains with its mission to offer its customers great food, great prices and the best shopping experience at its nearly 1,200 stores across the nation.

Since becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006, Bill has continued to drive forward the company's focus on value seeking customers. He leads Save-A-Lot's efforts to capture the efficiencies and cost savings of the company's edited assortment business model, and his focus is always placed on "lowering costs, to lower prices."

Bill brings a wealth of experience to the role with close to 30 years in the retail industry. In addition to his President and CEO positions at Save-A-Lot, Bill is also a Senior Vice President of parent company, SUPERVALU.

Bill joined Save-A-Lot in 1999 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, following 15 years at SUPERVALU. As Save-A-Lot's COO, his responsibilities included store sales and profitability; real estate and market development strategies for both corporate and licensed retail; store design and construction; and the company's self-distributing logistics network.

He joined SUPERVALU in 1984 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility including president of SUPERVALU's former Maryland division, president and chief operating officer of the former Laneco division, and president of SUPERVALU's Central region.

Prior to working at SUPERVALU, Bill started his career at the Kroger Company working in various positions including procurement, merchandising, retail operations, and store management.

Bill earned his bachelor's of science degree in marketing from Wheeling College. He also completed the Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University and the Financial Management Program from the Wharton School of Finance.

In 2008 SUPERVALU recognized Bill Shaner as its 2008 Champion of Diversity. This honor is bestowed upon Bill for his commitment to driving the company's diversity and inclusion efforts in what he does each day.

Bill is active on several boards in the community including the United Way of St. Louis, St. Louis Regional Business Council, the Central Institute of the Deaf, St. Louis Crisis Nursery and the St Louis Sports Commission. He enjoys golf, swimming, traveling and a variety of sports. Bill, his wife Donna, and their two children reside in St. Louis.

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