Mr. James Wisner

Council Member Biography

Jim Wisner is currently the President at Wisner Marketing Group (WMG), a research, consulting, and marketing organization serving the retail and consumer packaged goods industries. WMG works with a wide variety of clients and has produced several landmark industry commissioned studies over the past several years. WMG is the retail marketing agency for the American Egg Board. Mr. Wisner has over thirty years of experience in the food and drug industry, serving as Vice-President responsible for marketing, merchandising, procurement, and store operations in various positions at Jewel-Osco, Shaws Supermarkets, and Topco Associates (a $4 billion marketing and procurement organization). He is experienced in all aspects of retail and trade marketing, including supply chain management. Mr. Wisner is a popular and frequent speaker at many industry association conferences, including the Food Marketing Institute, General Merchandise Distributor's Council, and Private Label Manufacturers Association. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1999 - Unspecified

President, Wisner Marketing Group, Inc.

1998 - 1998

Vice-President, Willard Bishop Consulting

1989 - 1997

Vice-President, TOPCO ASSOCIATES, INC. (COOPERATIVE)

1986 - 1989

Vice-President and General Manager, SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS, INC.