2019 Top Woman in Grocery-Progressive Grocer
2016 Top Woman in Retail Tech - RIS
2016 Top Woman in Grocery-Progressive Grocer
2015 Top Disruptor-SuperMarket News
Suzy Monford is the Chief Strategy and Marketplace Officer of Focal Systems based in San Francisco, Ca. and also serves on the Board of Northeast Grocery (Price Chopper/Tops). She was formerly the CEO of PCC Community Markets in Seattle. Prior to PCC, she was Group Vice President of eCommerce for the Kroger Corporation. Monford was recruited to Kroger as president of QFC Grocery and was later promoted to Group Vice President of Fresh, and again to GVP eCommerce New Markets. In her executive roles, Monford created and implemented go-to-market strategies for new e-commerce markets across the U. S., led branding and marketing for all fresh departments as well as product development, digital merchandising and innovation growth strategies. Prior to joining Kroger, Monford held CEO roles for Andronico’s Community Markets, the San Francisco Bay Area chain that was sold to Albertsons in early 2017, and FitBank.Works, the fitness platform she created and launched in 2015, earning her Top Woman in Retail tech by RIS. Earlier in her retail career, she was CEO of Cheers Inc., a healthy fast casual chain of restaurants in Texas.