---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000103595-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VLGEA"
cik: "0000103595"
company_name: "VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:27:17.934007+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Village Super Market CEO Robert Sumas to step down; John J. Sumas named successor effective Dec 13

## Summary
- Robert Sumas will step down as CEO and interim Chairman on December 13, 2024, staying as Senior Advisor and Board member.
- John J. Sumas, Co-President since 2018, will become CEO; Nicholas Sumas will become President and Chairman on December 13.
- Board reduces from ten to nine members, not filling the vacancy from William Sumas's death on July 11, 2024.
- Nicholas Sumas also serves as an executive officer of Wakefern and on Wakefern's Board of Directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000103595-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VLGEA
- cik: 0000103595
- company_name: VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103595/000010359524000017/0000103595-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103595/000010359524000017/vlgea-20240913.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000103595-24-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000103595-24-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000103595-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Sumas changed role as Chief Executive Officer and interim Chairman at VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and interim Chairman
  source text: On September 19, 2024 announced that Robert Sumas has notified the Board of Directors of his decision to step down as Chief Executive Officer and interim Chairman of the Board of Directors effective December 13, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103595/000010359524000017/0000103595-24-000017-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicholas Sumas was appointed as President and Chairman at VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chairman
  source text: and Nicholas Sumas as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors effective December 13, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103595/000010359524000017/0000103595-24-000017-index.htm
- Executive change
  John J. Sumas was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Company also announced that the Board plans to appoint John J. Sumas as the new Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103595/000010359524000017/0000103595-24-000017-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.