Ronald Burkle

“I started out as a box boy. You know, I didn't go to college, and I did well in supermarkets.”

“Since I was 13, I've been buying things because they are ridiculously cheap.”

“I don't pay attention to how I feel about anything.”

“I don't know what's going on in America. I know what people in New York and Beverly Hills think about Whole Foods, but I don't know what people anywhere else think.”

“Supermarket companies are big logistics companies, and one of the ways we've increased profitability in the past is by re-evaluating how they do logistics.”

“You certainly have a higher quality of life when you are not on the Forbes list. It just means that your security changes, and you're known for the wrong things.”

“I think traditional supermarkets have to pay attention to the fact that America is more and more conscious of lifestyle.”