Mr. Bolton is a consultant to the food distribution industry. He was Executive Vice President of SUPERVALU, Inc. and President and Chief Operating Officer Corporate Retail from 1997 to 2000. SUPERVALU is a food distribution and food retailing company. From 1995 to 1997 he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bruno's, a supermarket company. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Ace Hardware Corporation in 2004. He is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Executive and Finance Committee.