Burd's strength, and perhaps his bane, was his remarkable skill as a micromanager
Steven A. Burd was born in 1949.
Steven Burd was born in 1949.
Steven A. Burd was born in Valley City, North Dakota in the United States.
On May 12, 1998, Burd was elected Safeway's chairman of the board
On April 30, 1993, Burd was appointed CEO as well as president of Safeway
President, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board, Safeway
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took a job in marketing with the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
In 1995 Burd began the Safeway Category Optimization Process, which considered a store's offerings aisle by aisle rather than by product category.
In 1986 Burd worked at Safeway as a management consultant after Kohlberg Kravis Roberts bought the ailing supermarket chain. In 1987 he went into the consulting business for himself
In 1982 Burd joined the industrial management consulting firm of Arthur D. Little in New York City, where he earned a reputation for fixing broken companies.
Earned a BS in economics from Carroll College in 1971, and in 1973 he earned an MA in economics from the University of Wisconsin,