Central Garden & Pet: CFO Jeffrey A. Blade departs

The Central Garden & Pet Company has announced that Jeffrey A. Blade, who joined the company as chief financial officer in September 2009, has resigned by mutual agreement with Central’s chairman and chief executive officer, William E. Brown. Stuart W. Booth, Central’s former CFO, who retired in 2009, has agreed to return on an interim basis as CFO pending the completion of a search for a permanent successor.