Finance professionals in Grocery retail
Kroger division and regional CFO roles, Loblaw supermarket merchandising FP&A and Sprouts Farmers Market merchandising and supply chain finance sit alongside finance titles at Food Lion, Stop & Shop, ALDI USA, Price Chopper Supermarkets-Market 32, Brookshire Grocery Company and Balls Food Stores, plus Darren Karst's former CFO roles at Heritage Grocers Group and RITE AID. Grocers budgeting by store or weighing remodels against new stores have close matches.
Professionals to explore
Brian DSouza
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · Stop & Shop
Leading planning and reporting at Stop & Shop has been Brian DSouza's job as Director of Finance since 2024, after Manager Financial Planning and Analysis there (2018–2024). Brian was also Division Finance Manager (2015–2017) and Manager Budgeting and Long Term Planning (2004–2008) at Stop & Shop and Finance Director - Advanced Analytics at Ahold Delhaize USA (2012–2015), and cites pricing strategy, a fit for budgeting and pricing questions.
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Cory Gebhardt
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · Food Lion
Food Lion has had Cory Gebhardt as Director of Finance since 2022, and Cory was Finance Manager there (2016–2022). At Delhaize America, Cory was Financial Systems Manager (2011–2016), Sr. Financial Planning Analyst (2010–2011) and Financial Planning Analyst (2007–2010), and describes over 16 years in financial planning and systems at a retail operator, a fit for banner planning questions.
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Darren Karst
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer · Heritage Grocers Group
Business transformation is the center of the career Darren Karst describes, which includes Chief Financial Officer at Heritage Grocers Group (2023–2025), where Darren has been a Board Member since 2022, and Senior Executive Vice President, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer at RITE AID (2014–2019). Darren also held board seats at Farmers Hen House (2021–2025) and The Fresh Market (2021–2022), a fit for turnaround questions.
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Eric Lindfelt
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · Sprouts Farmers Market
Merchandising, innovation and foraging, Sprouts Brand private label, marketing, supply chain and inventory and replenishment are what Eric Lindfelt covers as Director of Finance at Sprouts Farmers Market since 2020. Eric was Finance Director at Jadex Inc. (a former division of Newell Brands), LifeMade Products LLC (2018–2020) and Senior Finance Manager at Walmart (2016–2018) and Henkel (2012–2016), a fit for private label questions.
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Kindle Chapman, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · Brookshire Grocery Company
Four titles at Brookshire Grocery Company trace Kindle Chapman, CPA's path: Staff Accountant (2019–2020), Senior Accountant (2020–2022), Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (2022–2025) and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis since 2025. Kindle was an Associate at Prothro, Wilhelmi & Company, PLLC (2017–2019) and holds a Texas McCombs MBA, a fit for FP&A questions at a grocery chain.
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Mark El Masarani, CPA, CA
LinkedInExperience: Director, Finance, Super Market FP&A and Capital · Loblaw Companies Limited
At Loblaw Companies Limited, Mark El Masarani, CPA, CA has been Director, Finance, Super Market FP&A and Capital since 2024. Earlier Loblaw titles were Director, Finance FP&A, Super Market Grocery Merchandising (2022–2024), Senior Manger, Finance FP&A, Market Fresh Merchandising (2021–2022), Senior Manager, Finance, Meal Solutions (2019–2021) and Project Manager, Cost Unification (Secondment) (2019), a fit for merchandising and capital questions.
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Nicole Katz
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · Price Chopper Supermarkets-Market 32
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Price Chopper Supermarkets-Market 32 since 2022, Nicole Katz was FP&A Manager there (2019–2022). At Curia, Nicole was FP&A Manager (2018–2019), Senior Financial Analyst (2017–2018) and Financial Analyst (2015–2017), so questions on corporate FP&A at a supermarket chain fit.
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Sean Shepard
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance, Shared Services Center · Kroger
At Kroger, Sean Shepard was Division CFO, Dallas Division (2015–2020) and Regional Chief Financial Officer (2020–2025), and has been Director of Finance, Shared Services Center there since 2025. Sean was also Assistant Controller (2012–2015) and Corporate Auditor Advanced Auditor (2008–2012) at Kroger, and cites budgeting, capital allocation and forecasting, a fit for division budget and capital questions.
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William Dick, CPA, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance · Balls Food Stores
William Dick, CPA, MBA has been Vice President Finance at Balls Food Stores since 2023 and was Accounting Controller there (2014–2024). William was Director of Accounting at Cosentino's Food Stores (2011–2014) and Accounting Manager at TranSystems (2008–2011) and Hallmark Cards (2007–2008), and describes leading finance for organizations with $500M–$575M+ in revenue, including multi-entity consolidations.
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William Moeller, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · ALDI USA
ALDI USA's Director of Financial Planning and Analysis since 2023, William Moeller, CPA held other ALDI USA titles as Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (2022–2023), Manager, Corporate Development (2021–2022), Manager, Strategic Finance & Corporate Development (2021) and Manager, Strategic Finance (2019–2021), so corporate FP&A and strategic finance questions at a grocer fit.
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Choose the right perspective
For store and division budgets, Sean Shepard, Brian DSouza and Cory Gebhardt hold or held division and banner finance titles, Mark El Masarani covers merchandising FP&A and capital at Loblaw Companies Limited, and Eric Lindfelt merchandising, private label and supply chain finance at Sprouts Farmers Market. Corporate FP&A questions suit William Moeller, CPA, Nicole Katz and Kindle Chapman, CPA, accounting and consolidation suit William Dick, CPA, MBA, and Darren Karst gives the CFO and board view.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set store-level budgets when traffic, basket size and shrink vary widely by location?
- 02How do you decide how much capital goes to remodels versus new stores in a given year?
- 03How do you compare private label margin with national brands when vendor funding differs?
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