Ronald Burkle Quotes

Ronald Burkle — American Businessman born on November 12, 1952,

Ronald Wayne Burkle is 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... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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.

I think traditional supermarkets have to pay attention to the fact that America is more and more conscious of lifestyle.