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Village Super Market (VLGEA): executive pay, fiscal 2026

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CEO total pay$2,964,394CEO John Sumas · source

Say-on-pay support96.68%Latest vote · source

CEO vs. named peers1st pct.Of 9 peer CEOs

CEO pay ratio97:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

$1,199,987FY2024
$1,528,607FY2025
$2,964,394FY2026

CEO total pay was $2,964,394 in fiscal 2026, up from $1,528,607 in fiscal 2025.

FY2026: salary $876,000 · bonus $646,000 · stock awards $1,382,071 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

John Sumas · CEO Nicholas Sumas · President Kevin Begley · Independent Director Perry J. Blatt · Director Prasad Pola · Independent Director Robert Sumas · Director Stephen F. Rooney · Independent Director Steven Crystal · Independent Director

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Village Super Market Inc in fiscal 2026?

As disclosed, John Sumas (CEO) was the highest-paid executive at Village Super Market Inc in fiscal 2026, with total compensation of $2,964,394.

How does Village Super Market Inc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?

As disclosed, John Sumas's total compensation ranked at the 1st percentile of Village Super Market Inc's disclosed peer group.

What is Village Super Market Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?

As disclosed, Village Super Market Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 97:1.

How did shareholders vote on Village Super Market Inc's executive compensation?

As disclosed, 96.68% of shareholders supported Village Super Market Inc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.

How much does Village Super Market Inc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2026?

As disclosed, Village Super Market Inc reported total board compensation of $2,458,260 for fiscal 2026.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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Summary compensation table

Named executive officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension / NQDC	All other	Total
John Sumas	$876,000	$646,000	$1,382,071	$0	$0	$0	$60,323	$2,964,394
CEO
Nicholas Sumas	876,000	646,000	1,382,071	0	0	0	60,143	2,964,214
President and Chairman of the Board
John Van Orden	575,000	371,000	685,935	0	0	0	48,998	1,680,933
CFO
Luigi Perri	375,000	166,000	307,136	0	0	0	38,468	886,604
Vice President of Finance

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officer	FY2026 total	FY2025 total	FY2024 total	Δ FY2025→2026
John Sumas	$2,964,394	$1,528,607	$1,199,987	↑ +1,435,787
Nicholas Sumas	2,964,214	1,527,826	1,200,361	↑ +1,436,388
John Van Orden	1,680,933	—	—	—
Luigi Perri	886,604	—	—	—

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Company's primary objective is to attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified executive officers and align their interests with shareholders through a competitive compensation program consisting of base salary, annual cash bonus, restricted stock awards, and benefits. The Board utilizes restricted stock awards principally as a long-term retention incentive to support leadership continuity, given that executives already maintain significant stock ownership.

CEO STI target (% of salary)	—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)	—
Independent consultant	Compensation Advisory Partners
Clawback policy	true
Anti-hedging	true
Anti-pledging	false

Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2026

Executive	Award	Grant date	Threshold	Target	Granted	Maximum	Grant-date fair value
John Van Orden	RSU	2026-03-27	—	—	16,406	—	$685,935
Luigi Perri	RSU	2026-03-27	—	—	7,346	—	307,136
John J. Sumas	RSU	2026-03-27	—	—	33,056	—	1,382,071
John P. Sumas	RSU	2026-03-27	—	—	15,916	—	665,448
Nicholas Sumas	RSU	2026-03-27	—	—	33,056	—	1,382,071

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officer	Time-vested (RSU)	Performance-vested (PSU)	Options / SARs	% performance-vested
John Van Orden	$685,935	$0	$0	0.0%
Luigi Perri	307,136	0	0	0.0%
John J. Sumas	1,382,071	0	0	0.0%
John P. Sumas	665,448	0	0	0.0%
Nicholas Sumas	1,382,071	0	0	0.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2026

Executive	Award	Shares unvested	Exercise price	Market value unvested
Sumas	RSU	15,916	—	$678,340
Sumas	RSU	33,056	—	1,408,847
Sumas	RSU	33,056	—	1,408,847

Director compensation

Director	Cash fees	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	All other	Total
Perry J. BlattEmployee director · Frozen Food (Chair) · Dairy (Member) · Sales and Merchandising (Member) · Price-Rate Operating (Member) · Government Relations (Member) · Environmental (Member)	$0	$511,880	$0	$0	$756,280	$1,268,160
Robert SumasEmployee director · Health and Beauty Aids (Chair)	0	107,535	0	0	449,925	557,460
Stephen F. RooneyIndependent · Compensation · Audit	52,500	107,535	0	0	0	160,035
Kevin BegleyIndependent · Audit	50,000	107,535	0	0	0	157,535
Steven CrystalIndependent · Compensation · Audit	50,000	107,535	0	0	0	157,535
Prasad PolaIndependent	50,000	107,535	0	0	0	157,535

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer	$50,000
Annual equity retainer	—
Per board meeting fee	—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)	2,500
Stock ownership guideline	—

Total cost of the board

Component	FY2026
Cash retainers and fees	$202,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)	$1,049,555
All other compensation	$1,206,205
Total cost of the board	$2,458,260

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Village Super Market as a peer

Companies that benchmark against VLGEA

3 companies name VLGEA as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses VLGEA in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named VLGEA in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2026

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

DIT AMCON Distributing CompanyGO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.OLLI Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.FIVE Five Below, Inc.PSMT PriceSmart, Inc.SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.IMKTA Ingles Markets, IncorporatedCHEF The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.WMK Weis Markets, Inc.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Village Super Market Inc names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO)³²Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA)³³Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK)³⁴

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

Rank	Company	FY	Chief executive	Salary	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Total
1	The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.	2025	Christopher Pappas	$1,200,302	$17,084,933	$0	$3,536,143	$21,961,898
2	Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.	2025	Jack Sinclair	1,289,000	4,888,121	1,700,085	3,615,645	11,517,223
3	Five Below, Inc.	2025	Winnie Park	1,100,000	6,792,215	0	2,750,000	10,814,084
4	Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.	2025	Jason Potter	925,539	4,100,005	3,363,334	487,065	9,501,919
5	Weis Markets, Inc.	2025	Jonathan Weis	1,385,567	—	—	5,069,575	6,756,936
6	Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.	2025	Eric van der Valk	771,250	1,600,028	1,599,999	1,025,818	5,036,744
7	Ingles Markets, Incorporated	2025	James Lanning	1,120,000	0	0	0	3,130,472
8	Village Super Market Inc	2026	John Sumas	876,000	1,382,071	0	0	2,964,394
9	PriceSmart, Inc.	2025	Robert Price	0	0	0	0	0
—	Amcon Distributing Company	—	—	—	—	—	—	not in coverage universe

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

Company	Annual incentive payout	Long-term vehicle mix	PSU measures include TSR	Compensation consultant
Village Super Market Inc	not disclosed	Restricted Stock 100	not disclosed	Compensation Advisory Partners
Amcon Distributing Company	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed
Five Below, Inc.	not disclosed	PSU 60 · RSU 40	No	Meridian
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.	42.1%	PSU 50 · Options 50	No	Korn Ferry
Ingles Markets, Incorporated	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	Pearl Meyer
PriceSmart, Inc.	100%	RSU 50 · PSU 50	No	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.	187%	PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Option 25	No	Meridian
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	Frederic W. Cook & Co.
Weis Markets, Inc.	not disclosed	Cash LTIP 100	not disclosed	Willis Towers Watson (WTW)

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

Meeting year	Meeting date	For	Against	Abstain	Support	Outcome
2023	2023-12-15	44,293,844	1,522,280	40,864	96.68%	Passed
2020	2020-12-11	35,228,362	5,566,907	31,447	86.35%	Passed
2017	2017-12-15	42,676,391	2,561,106	23,917	94.34%	Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting year	Meeting date	Approval — company’s computation
2023	2023-12-15	96.68%^a
2020	2020-12-11	86.35%^b
2017	2017-12-15	94.34%^c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “As a result, abstentions, broker non-votes, if any, and any other failure to submit a proxy or vote in person at the meeting, will not affect the outcome of the vote of Proposal 2.”.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)	97 : 1
CEO total compensation	$2,964,394
Median employee compensation	$30,653

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (34 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

Section 01, John Sumas. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 17. As printed: 2,964,394. View filing ↗
Section 01, Nicholas Sumas. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,964,214. View filing ↗
Section 01, John Van Orden. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,680,933. View filing ↗
Section 01, Luigi Perri. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 886,604. View filing ↗
Section 03, John Van Orden RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Luigi Perri RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, John J. Sumas RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, John P. Sumas RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Nicholas Sumas RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 97 : 1. View filing ↗
Section 08, Perry J. Blatt. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 1,268,160. View filing ↗
Section 08, Robert Sumas. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 557,460. View filing ↗
Section 08, Stephen F. Rooney. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 160,035. View filing ↗
Section 08, Kevin Begley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 157,535. View filing ↗
Section 08, Steven Crystal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 157,535. View filing ↗
Section 08, Prasad Pola. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 157,535. View filing ↗
Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-12-19. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.68% (votes for as printed: 44,293,844). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2020 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2020-12-15. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 86.35% (votes for as printed: 35,228,362). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2017 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2017-12-15. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.34% (votes for as printed: 42,676,391). View filing ↗
Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 202,500 + equity 1,049,555 + all other 1,206,205 = 2,458,260, summed across the director compensation table rows.
The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 21,961,898. View filing ↗
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,517,223. View filing ↗
Five Below, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Five Below, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,814,084. View filing ↗
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,501,919. View filing ↗
Weis Markets, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Weis Markets, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,756,936. View filing ↗
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,036,744. View filing ↗
Ingles Markets, Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Ingles Markets, Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 3,130,472. View filing ↗
Village Super Market Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Village Super Market Inc's own proxy. As printed: 2,964,394. View filing ↗
PriceSmart, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-19. CEO total compensation as printed in PriceSmart, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 10a, Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. names Village Super Market Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Ingles Markets, Incorporated reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ingles Markets, Incorporated names Village Super Market Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Weis Markets, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Weis Markets, Inc. names Village Super Market Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗