Article: Associated Wholesale Grocers Names Doug Carolan New President and CEO.

By Steve Everly, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 24--Associated Wholesale Grocers, the country's sixth-largest grocery wholesaler, has picked a new president and chief executive officer.

Doug Carolan, who joined the Kansas City, Kan.-based grocery wholesaler as vice president of marketing in 1983, was promoted Monday by the organization's board of directors.

"The past few years have seen Associated Wholesale Grocers emerge as a powerful force within our industry, and we intend to continue this aggressive philosophy," Carolan said.

The grocery wholesale company had $3.1 billion in sales in ...

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