Pare named Metro Richelieu's director of central produce procurement
Pare named Metro Richelieu's director of central produce procurement
Metro Richelieu Inc., one of Canada's larger retail supermarket chains, has promoted Alain Pare to director of central produce procurement for Quebec and Ontario.
Mr. Pare, a 31-year veteran of the retail produce industry, most recently served as Metro Richelieus director of special projects for fruits and vegetables, and has spent the past 15 years with the Montreal-based company.
Mr. Pare said that he will be responsible 600 stores operating under the Metro and A&P banners across the two provinces. In his new position since the end of September, Mr. Pare said he has been working "to find the best business practices on both sides of the two organizations. We want to find the best vendors and shippers qualitywise who are going to be able to supply both with the best quality, as we did double our size. Quality is always number one factor."
Metro Richelieus acquisition of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of Canada was finalized earlier this year, and Mr. Pare said that the merger has been better than we thought. Ive been well received by the people at A&P and its been a nice challenge.
Mr. Pare is also a member of the board of the Dispute Resolution Corp. and served as the Quebec Produce Marketing Associations president in 2004. He is still a member of the QPMAs board and serves on several of its committees as well.
Mr. Pare, a 31-year veteran of the retail produce industry, most recently served as Metro Richelieus director of special projects for fruits and vegetables, and has spent the past 15 years with the Montreal-based company.
Mr. Pare said that he will be responsible 600 stores operating under the Metro and A&P banners across the two provinces. In his new position since the end of September, Mr. Pare said he has been working "to find the best business practices on both sides of the two organizations. We want to find the best vendors and shippers qualitywise who are going to be able to supply both with the best quality, as we did double our size. Quality is always number one factor."
Metro Richelieus acquisition of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of Canada was finalized earlier this year, and Mr. Pare said that the merger has been better than we thought. Ive been well received by the people at A&P and its been a nice challenge.
Mr. Pare is also a member of the board of the Dispute Resolution Corp. and served as the Quebec Produce Marketing Associations president in 2004. He is still a member of the QPMAs board and serves on several of its committees as well.
