Fairway Group Names Jack Murphy CEO

(RTTNews) - Fairway Group Holdings Corp. (FWM) said that it has appointed Jack Murphy as its Chief Executive Officer.

Murphy was a co-founder of natural foods grocer Fresh Fields, Inc. before it was sold to Whole Foods Inc., and most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer of Earth Fare Inc., an organics and natural food chain with locations in the Southeast and Midwest.

In addition to co-founding and serving as Chief Operating Officer of Fresh Fields and as CEO of Earth Fare, Murphy was an Operating Partner at McCown Deleeuw & Co., the private equity firm that owned the 24 Hour Fitness chain; and a Vice President of Operations at Purity Supreme Supermarkets.

Bill Sanford, who was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer in February while the Company undertook a search for a new CEO, has decided to leave the Company to pursue other interests. Bill joined the Company in 2008 as Chief Administrative Officer and then served as Chief Financial Officer and President before becoming Interim CEO.