---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001771515-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GO"
cik: "0001771515"
company_name: "Grocery Outlet Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2024-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T18:24:57.550753+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grocery Outlet appoints Ramesh Chikkala as EVP, COO (new role)

## Summary
- Appointment effective Jan 22, 2024; reports to CEO RJ Sheedy; leads Supply Chain and Business Technology.
- Compensation: $500K base salary, 60% target bonus, annual equity target 200% of salary (60% PSU/40% RSU), plus $250K new hire RSUs.
- Chikkala previously SVP Global Supply Chain at Walmart and senior advisor at A.T. Kearney.
- Also serves on Hibbett (HIBB) board and Vorto advisory board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001771515-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GO
- cik: 0001771515
- company_name: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151524000002/0001771515-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151524000002/go-20240125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-24-000002
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-24-000002.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ramesh Chikkala was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Grocery Outlet Holding Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
  source text: On January 25, 2024, Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (the "Company" or "Grocery Outlet") issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ramesh Chikkala as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, effective January 22, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151524000002/0001771515-24-000002-index.htm

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