• Company Growth
  • Edible Arrangements
  • Franchise
  • president
  • Retail
  • Rob Price
  • Tariq Farid

Today it is my pleasure to introduce Robert Price as the new President of Edible Arrangements®. This is an incredibly exciting time for the company. As we celebrate our 15th anniversary, we also are embarking on an era that promises dramatic growth opportunities. A lot of our focus over the past year has been on putting the pieces in place that will allow us to take full advantage of these new opportunities. The addition of Rob, with his experience and expertise, significantly enhances the talented leadership team we have in place.

Rob comes to Edible Arrangements with more than two decades of marketing and brand building experience at some of America’s most highly regarded retailers. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for CVS/pharmacy, where he led all marketing, advertising, sales promotion, e-commerce, customer insights, store design and customer loyalty programs for the 7,400-store pharmacy chain.

During Rob’s tenure at CVS/pharmacy, the company:

  • Grew retail revenue over $20 Billion.
  • Increased membership in the company’s loyalty program to 69 million households.
  • Drove personalization through new mobile tools, more effective e-mail marketing and the first-of-its-kind personalized digital weekly advertising circular.
  • Nearly doubled online sales and drove a tenfold increase in mobile engagement.
  • Introduced a new store prototype with data-driven variations based on local market conditions.

Rob’s experience also includes leadership positions with convenience retailer Wawa Food Markets and the H-E-B Grocery chain. He also worked for the parent company of Hardees and Roy Rogers restaurants. Rob began his career at The Monitor Company, a management consulting firm.

Rob graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Applied Economics and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School with high academic distinction. He is also a member of the 2012 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute, an honor given to just 21 people in the country each year.

On a personal note, Rob and his wife, Sue, have three sons — Sam (16), Max (14) and Jack (12) – and recently celebrated their 20th anniversary.

Rob shares my passion for the importance of creating a culture of service, innovation and collaboration. Like me, he has retail in his blood. His grandparents and great grandparents were shopkeepers, and his personal retail experience includes time on the front line. I have no doubt that Rob’s experience and skills are a perfect match for our leadership needs as we embark on this exciting new era of growth.

Welcome to the Edible Arrangements family, Rob.

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  • Company Growth
  • Edible Arrangements
  • Forbes
  • Fruit Bouquets
  • Tariq Farid

Edible Arrangements® has proven to be more than just a novelty, and Forbes.com is taking notice. In an article published on April 8th, Forbes writer Clare O’Connor looks at how Edible Arrangements® grew from a $500,000 system-wide sales year in 2001 to a $500 million system-wide sales year in 2013. Read the full article here: “How Edible Arrangements Sold $500 Million of Fruit Bouquets in 2013”.

 

 

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