Albertsons LLC names VP pharmacy operations

BOISE — Privately owned Albertsons LLC, which operates more than 200 pharmacies across six states, has named Stewart Edington VP pharmacy operations.

Edington has been with Albertsons stores since 2003, when he was hired as a pharmacy manager and worked in the company’s Phoenix stores. In 2006, Edington joined Albertsons LLC as the division pharmacy manager for the company's Florida stores, a position he has held for the last five years.

Prior to working for Albertsons, Edington gained substantial pharmacy operations experience in his native South Africa in establishing and running four independent pharmacies over a seven-year period, and also was a health clinic manager for two years at a rural clinic.