Weis names Brent Mertes regional VP
Weis names Brent Mertes regional VP
Weis Markets has promoted Brent Mertes, formerly with Safeway, to regional vice president. He will oversee the day-to-day operations of 51 stores located in south central Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. Mertes will report to David Gose, senior vice president of operations.
Brent Mertes
Prior to his promotion, Mertes worked as district manager in and around York, PA.
During his 24-year food retail career, he worked in store, district and corporate management positions, many of them in the region he now oversees. Earlier in his career, he worked in Safeway’s Eastern division and at their corporate headquarters in Pleasanton, CA.
Weis also named Michelle Dorin director of dairy, frozen, specialty foods and beer, and it has promoted Maria Panko to director of marketing and private brands.
Prior to the move, Dorin was the company’s director of pricing. She joined the company in 1987 and subsequently worked as a buyer, category manager and oversaw specialty foods earlier in her career. She reports to Kevin Broe, vice president of center store sales and merchandising.
Panko, who worked as senior private brands manager prior to her promotion, will oversee the company’s marketing programs, including loyalty marketing, digital marketing and social media. She will also retain her private brand responsibilities.
Prior to her promotion, she also oversaw specialty foods and beer. Panko joined the company in 2006 as a marketing analyst. She subsequently worked for Daymon Worldwide and later rejoined the company as a category manager. She reports to Brian Holt, vice president of marketing.
