Rebecca Calvin is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Stater Bros. Markets where she leads the company’s marketing efforts, which include the Sales and Merchandising, Integrated Marketing, eCommerce, and Food Strategy and Innovation departments. She is responsible for strengthening the company’s ability to meet the evolving needs of grocery shoppers in the diverse Southern California market through smart and effective product, pricing, and promotion strategies.
Rebecca joined Stater Bros. in 2022 after serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer at The Save Mart Companies, where she led merchandising, space planning, pricing and promotion execution, and their private label program. Before joining The Save Mart Companies, she began her career in the grocery industry with Daymon Worldwide as a category buyer. She served as Vice President of Grocery, Frozen, and Dairy at Mariano’s before continuing on to merchandising and category management roles in the Kroger family of companies.
Rebecca reports to Chief Operating Officer and President Greg McNiff.
Rebecca graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology with a Minor in Business Administration and is a graduate of the Cornell University Food Executive Program. She has earned a Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and currently serves on the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) Board of Directors. In 2021, she was recognized as one of Retail Today’s “50 Outstanding Women in Retail.”