Ronald Burkle
Ronald Burkle
Ronald Wayne Burkleis an American investor and philanthropist. He is co-founder and managing partner of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC, a private equity and venture capital firm that specializes in underperforming U.S. companies in the distribution, logistics, food, retail, consumer and light industrial sectors. Yucaipa has executed grocery chain mergers and acquisitions involving supermarket chains including Fred Meyer, Ralphs, and Jurgensen's, and owns stakes in about 35 companies including grocery chains A&P and Whole Foods Market...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth12 November 1952
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know what's going on in America. I know what people in New York and Beverly Hills think about Whole Foods, but I don't know what people anywhere else think.
I think traditional supermarkets have to pay attention to the fact that America is more and more conscious of lifestyle.
You certainly have a higher quality of life when you are not on the Forbes list. It just means that your security changes, and you're known for the wrong things.
Since I was 13, I've been buying things because they are ridiculously cheap.
I started out as a box boy. You know, I didn't go to college, and I did well in supermarkets.
I don't pay attention to how I feel about anything.
Supermarket companies are big logistics companies, and one of the ways we've increased profitability in the past is by re-evaluating how they do logistics.