Blaine Bringhurst

Biography of Blaine Bringhurst

Blaine joined Market 32/Price Chopper in 2012 as Senior Vice President, Sales, Merchandising and Marketing where he was responsible for the Sales, Merchandising, Marketing, Consumer Services, Public Relations, Business Intelligence, Advertising and New Business Development functions. He was promoted to Executive Vice President of Marketing, Merchandising and Operations in 2017, a position he held until being named President, Price Chopper/Market 32 in 2021. Blaine currently serves as President, Market 32/Price Chopper, one of the operating companies, along with Tops Markets, of Northeast Grocery, Inc and currently directs a chain of over 130 stores and 18,000 teammates in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The Market 32/Price Chopper and Tops Markets merger was finalized in 2021. Prior to joining Market 32/Price Chopper, Blaine spent 31 years at Albertsons/SuperValu, Eden Prairie, Minnesota in a variety of positions. These include Store Manager, Sales Manager and Director of Grocery Category Management. He also served as Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing for ACME Supermarkets, Malvern, PA and Vice President of Center Store for SuperValu. Blaine and his wife, Cindy, have six sons; Casey, Austin, Zachary, Dylan, Jackson and Bryson.