As President and CEO of Save-A-Lot, Bill Shaner leads one of the nation's largest grocery store chains with its mission to offer its customers the best shopping experience at its nearly 1,200 stores across the nation. Bill firmly believes that Save-A-Lot's strength is offering great food, great prices and great people every day.

After being named President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006 when Save-A-Lot's founder Bill Moran announced his retirement, Bill continued the company's focus on consumers. He leads his team to be mindful of its customers in their daily actions and decisions. He encourages his associates to always keep in mind how to best meet the needs of the more than 4 million value seeking consumers that visit Save-A-Lot stores each week.

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 parent company 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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