SpartanNash eliminates corporate positions as net earnings fall

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SpartanNash is the latest company in the U.S. retail space to initiate layoffs | Photo courtesy of Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
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Byron Center, Michigan, U.S.A.-based grocery retailer and wholesaler SpartanNash has implemented a reorganization of its corporate structure that includes eliminating an unspecified number of positions.

The reorganization, which also includes promotions, reassignments, and the establishment of new job levels, is an effort to “better position our company to grow,” a spokesperson told Grocery Dive.

Brian Jobin, former director of SpartanNash’s vendor management office, is no longer in his position, per LinkedIn. Additionally, the company’s chief merchandising officer along with its chief strategy and information officer left the company in April, according to Grocery Dive.

The firm’s net earnings plummeted from USD 13 million (EUR 11.7 million), or USD 0.37 (EUR 0.32) per diluted share, in its first fiscal quarter of 2024 to USD 2.1 million (EUR 1.8 million), or USD 0.06 (EUR 0.05) per diluted share, in this year's Q1.

Net earnings were lower due to 


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