Jewel Hunt began her career at Safeway while attending college in 1981 as a part-time bakery clerk and cashier in the company’s former Salt Lake City Division. Today, as Group Vice President Fresh Merchandising of Bakery, Deli Food Service, Branded Concepts and ReadyMeals at Albertsons Companies, she is the merchant lead for several departments of the nation’s second largest traditional grocer. Jewel serves on the advisory committees with the board of the International Dairy, Deli, and Bakery Association and she was chairman of the association’s board from 2016 – 2017.