Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. is announcing the appointment of Dana Naifeh to the company’s board of directors. Naifeh replaced James Neumann, who recently joined AWG as senior vice president, special projects.
Naifeh, president of Naifeh’s Inc., has worked in the grocery industry for more than 25 years. Naifeh runs and owns her business with her husband, Judson, a fourth-generation grocer. Dana Naifeh attributes many of her successes to the opportunities working with and learning from Oney, Joe and Judson Naifeh, who represent the second, third and fourth generations, respectively. Naifeh’s has two locations in Tennessee. The company recently acquired a store in Covington and completely remodeled the 45,000-square-foot building and transformed it into one of West Tennessee’s newest supermarkets.