---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-246957"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GO"
cik: "0001771515"
company_name: "Grocery Outlet Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:25:24.527703+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grocery Outlet CEO Sheedy steps down; Lindberg returns as interim; Q3 sales +10.4%; FY EBITDA guidance cut

## Summary
- RJ Sheedy stepped down as President, CEO and director effective Oct 29, 2024.
- Eric Lindberg, Chairman, appointed Interim President and CEO; previously CEO 2006-2022.
- Preliminary Q3 FY2024 net sales ~$1.1B, +10.4% YoY; comp store sales +1.2%.
- Full year adjusted EBITDA guidance reduced to below prior $252M-$260M range; net sales expected to exceed high end of $4.30-$4.35B.
- Board engaged search firm for permanent CEO; Lindberg's compensation includes $79,166.67/month salary, up to $1.1875M bonus, $4.1M RSU.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-246957
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GO
- cik: 0001771515
- company_name: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000119312524246957/0001193125-24-246957-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000119312524246957/d905589d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-246957.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric J. Lindberg, Jr. was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Grocery Outlet Holding Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 29, 2024, the Board appointed Eric J. Lindberg, Jr., 53, as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000119312524246957/0001193125-24-246957-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Sheedy, Jr. departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Grocery Outlet Holding Corp..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 29, 2024, Robert J. Sheedy, Jr. agreed to step down as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and resign as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000119312524246957/0001193125-24-246957-index.htm

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