Dec 04, 2019 / 07:15PM GMT
Karen Fiona Short - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Research Analyst
Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Karen Short, and I'm the Staples and Hardline Retail Analyst at Barclays. Today, we're very pleased to welcome Mark Shamber, EVP and CFO of SpartanNash. Mark joined SpartanNash in the fall of 2017.
Questions and Answers:
Karen Fiona Short - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Research AnalystArguably, the last 2 years have been a little rockier than you might have hoped or expected. So I may open it up with that. Maybe just start talking a little bit on some color in terms of what transpired since you arrived at the company, kind of, what has caught you by surprise, maybe both to the positive and maybe less positive?
Mark E. Shamber - SpartanNash Company - Executive VP & CFO
Yes. I mean I think -- so starting with the positive, I would say that I entered an organization that back -- it's almost 6 years, a little more than 6 years ago, Spartan Stores and Nash Finch had merged together and
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