The president and CEO of one of the most unique food retailers in the world visits Elon on Feb. 10 to speak with faculty, staff and students about ‘intrapreneurship’ opportunities for pending graduates. Stew Leonard Jr. will talk in the LaRose Digital Theate as part of the Entrepreneurship Speakers Series hosted by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Opportunities for Students Graduating as ‘Intrapreneurs’
WHO: Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonard’s
WHERE: LaRose Digital Theatre (Koury Business Center)
WHEN: February 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Stew Leonard’s is family-owned and operated with four food stores and five wine shops in Norwalk, Danbury and Newington, Conn., as well as in Yonkers and East Farmingdale, New York. The company employs 2,400 people, tallies annual sales of nearly $400 million, and has been named as one of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for the past seven consecutive years.
Stew Leonard’s has received worldwide acclaim for excellence in customer service and quality and is featured in two of management expert Tom Peter’s books: ‘A Passion for Excellence’ and ‘Thriving on Chaos’. In 1992, Stew Leonard’s earned an entry into The Guinness Book of World Records for having “the greatest sales per unit area of any single food store in the United States.”
Stew Leonard’s was dubbed the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” by the New York Times because of its own milk processing plant, costumed characters, scheduled entertainment, petting zoo and animatronics throughout the stores.
For more information on Leonard’s talk, contact Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, at gpalin@elon.edu.