Ed Fox, of Montpelier, Vt., has been named the next general manager of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society. (Courtesy photograph)
Ed Fox, of Montpelier, Vt., has been named the next general manager of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society. (Courtesy photograph)

The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society has named a new general manager.

Edward W. Fox, of Montpelier, will succeed Terry Appleby, who has led the Co-op for 24 years. Fox currently works as vice president of operations for the Boston-based nonprofit Cradles to Crayons and previously worked for 10 years as chief operations officer for the Vermont Foodbank.

Fox begins Sept. 6, according to a news release distributed this afternoon.

Posted online Thursday at 5:45 p.m. Find a full report in Friday’s Valley News.