Job changes and why

1989 – Left Alpha Beta - American Stores merged with Lucky Stores. Breaks in my tenure with Alpha Beta left me vulnerable to layoffs. I went to work for the newly opened Mollie Stone's.

1991 – Left Mollie Stones – My old boss from Alpha Beta tapped me to be the Wine and Spirits Manager/Supervisor at Blackhawk Market.

1993 – Left Blackhawk Market to take the Wine Manager position at Woodlands Market.

1998 – Left Woodlands Market to take the Assistant, then Store Manager position at Dean & Deluca.

2003 – The new east coast head of Dean & Deluca had a protegee whom he wished to run the St. Helena location. I was replaced with a severance package. I soon thereafter took a managing position with Loch Lomond Market.

2007 – Loch Lomond Market sold and the new owner chose to run the store himself.

2008 – My consulting job with Food Town was drawing to a close, I took a Store Manager position running the two Blue Fog Markets.

2009 – After a year of running the Blue Fog Markets, a number of significant problems had not been resolved as had been agreed. I resigned in a highly amicable situation. I have since returned to retail consultation work.

Richard Williams

2009-01-31T21:13:35

Richard Williams