Wawa’s Gheysens, Kroger’s McMullen Named CEOs of the Year
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Two convenience store retailer executives, Christopher Gheysens of Wawa Inc. and Rodney McMullen of The Kroger Co., have been named CEOs of the Year by Retail Leader, a sister publication of Convenience Store News published by Stagnito Business Information.
Retail Leader’s annual feature honors company chiefs in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) retail sector who exhibited exemplary leadership, inspiring their teams and companies to innovate and improve.
Gheysens, who became CEO of the Pennsylvania-based Wawa convenience store chain in 2012, oversaw one of the boldest moves in Wawa’s 50-year history when it leapfrogged down the U.S. East Coast and opened its first Florida store in July 2012 in Orlando. It now has more than 85 stores in central Florida and more than 850 units in total. The successful execution of this expansion strategy was cited by Retail Leader in naming Gheysens its co-CEO of the Year for 2015.
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