Redner’s Markets has promoted Bob Vitabile to vice president of maintenance and construction, placing the 30-year company veteran in charge of the employee-owned retailer’s existing facilities and future development projects.
In his expanded role, Vitabile will oversee the maintenance of Redner’s properties, facilities and physical assets. His responsibilities will also include the design and development of future sites, along with store construction and renovation planning.
Vitabile will continue working closely with the company’s Operations team as Redner’s evaluates store layouts, building needs and capital projects across its network of grocery stores and convenience locations.
The promotion extends a Redner’s career that began at the store level in 1993. Vitabile initially pushed shopping carts and worked as a cashier before progressing through a series of store operations and management positions.
He became a store manager in 2001 and subsequently managed several Redner’s locations. That experience gave Vitabile direct responsibility for store operations before he moved into the maintenance and construction side of the business.
Vitabile was named maintenance manager in 2019 and assumed responsibility for the company’s Construction Department in 2022. Redner’s promoted him to director of maintenance and construction in 2024, a position he held until his latest promotion.
Vitabile is a 1995 graduate of Owen J. Roberts High School.
Redner’s currently operates 44 grocery stores and 13 Quick Stops throughout eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The company is employee-owned and traces its roots to 1970, when Earl and Mary Redner opened two supermarkets in Reading, Pa.
The scope of Vitabile’s new position spans both sides of Redner’s physical-store strategy: maintaining the buildings and equipment customers and employees depend on today while preparing new stores and renovations for the company’s future needs.
That combination makes maintenance and construction an important operating function for a regional grocer. Refrigeration, lighting, flooring, mechanical systems and other store assets affect daily reliability and operating costs, while design and construction decisions can influence customer flow, merchandising flexibility and labor efficiency for years.
By elevating a longtime store operator who has led both departments, Redner’s is keeping oversight of those investments with an executive who has experience across the company’s stores, maintenance operations and construction program.