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What's even more interesting to me is that HEB has a chief medical officer on staff at all times as well.
by gfisher 7y ago
What's even more interesting to me is that HEB has a chief medical officer on staff at all times as well.
- leetrout 7y agoI dig this. If I were ever blessed with the opportunity to run a private, profitable company these are the types of people I would want to hire and retain. Building a company with a slice of my citizens. My local food distribution company had the volunteer fire chief on payroll in a town that couldn't afford to pay a salary for a full time chief. I think it was a great civic service to let him leave work when we had calls during the day. Some day...
- tbyehl 7y agoEveryone operating at scale in the food supply chain needs an executive with medical/scientific expertise. The risks from foodborne illnesses are real. It feels like an eternity ago but there were several major food scares, recalls, and deaths, from contaminated vegetables last year.
- theNJR 7y agoThey were by far my favorite retailer to work with when I was CMO at Quest Nutrition.