# C.E. Pugh Shares Growth Strategies for the Co-op Grocery Sector

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Podcast: [Everything Co-op with Vernon Oakes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-co-op-with-vernon-oakes-722888)
Published: 2025-10-02T00:33:12+00:00
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## Resource

May 8 2025 This episode features C.E. Pugh, Chief Executive Officer of National Co+op Grocers (NCG). Vernon and C.E. Pugh discuss how NCG supports the growth of the cooperative grocery sector, and his cooperative journey. C.E. Pugh is the CEO of National Co+op Grocers, a cooperative serving 166 retail grocery co-ops with over 240 storefronts across 39 states and $2.8 billion in annual sales. He joined NCG in 2008 to lead its Development Co-operative, became the organization’s first Chief Operating Officer in 2012, and was appointed CEO in 2019. With 50 years of experience in the retail food industry, Pugh sees improving the food system as a spiritual mission and champions food co-ops as leaders in building more just and sustainable local food economies.

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