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United Fresh gives Retail Produce Manager awards
United Fresh Produce Association will celebrate the winners of the Retail Produce Manager award on June 11 during a gala at the group’s annual conference.
June 6, 2014
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United Fresh Produce Association will celebrate the winners of the Retail Produce Manager award on June 11 during a gala at the group’s annual conference.
The managers are recognized for their excellence in customer service, merchandising and promotion, community service and peer recognition.
The winners receive free room and board to the conference, and five grand-prize winners will receive $1,000.
The 35 managers come from retailers in 20 different states, according to United Fresh.
The Produce Celebration Gala, which will also celebrate Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards, will be held at the Hilton Chicago.
“There is no better opportunity to network with our industry’s most innovative retail managers than to come to United Fresh 2014,” said United Fresh CEO Tom Stenzel in a media statement.
“Join us in Chicago to meet these industry trendsetters and share ideas about growing consumption for fresh produce.”
This is the 10th anniversary of the program and United Fresh said that 230 produce managers from 80 different banners have received awards.
United Fresh said it has received 2,000 nominations for the award over the 10 years of the program.
Ready Pac has sponsored the award since it was created.
The 2014 award winners, arranged by retailer, are:
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A&P, Yorktown, N.Y., Sal Gentile
Albertsons, Lemon Grove, Calif., Bob Beaudoin
Arteaga’s Food Center, Gilroy, Calif., Gustavo Agillon
Big Y Foods, Northampton, Mass., Gina Wasilefsky
Brookshire Grocery Co., Lindale, Texas, Justin Warner
Food City/K-VA-T Food Stores, Abingdon, Va., Randy Sheets
Food City/K-VA-T Food Stores, Kingsport, Tenn., Brent Harkleroad
Food Maxx/Save Mart Super- markets, Brentwood, Calif., Larry Aledo
Fry’s Food & Drug Stores, Phoenix, Jeff Haines
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Charlotte, N.C., Mike Willis
Hy-Vee, Iowa City, Iowa, Dan Atkinson
Hy-Vee, Lincoln, Neb., Joe Gapp
Jewel-Osco, Park Ridge, Ill., Dan Fabris
Kings Food Markets, Living- ston, N.J., John Spellman
Kroger Co., Dayton, Ohio, Gina Johnson
Los Angeles AFB Commissary, Los Angeles, Robert Tanaka
McClellan Commissary, Mc- Clellan, Calif., Michele Parks
Meijer Inc., Grand Haven, Mich., Douglas DeWitte
Metcalfe’s Market, Wauwatosa, Wis., Dick Rose
MOM’s Organic Market, Alexandria, Va., Kendall Lopez-Buitrago
Northgate González Markets, Barrio Logan, Calif, Abel Meza
Oak Point Fresh Market, Watson, La., Derek Sibley
Payson Market Place, Payson, Utah, Garrett Fowden
Price Chopper/Golub Corp., Lenox, Mass., Bill Denault
Quality Food Centers, Bellevue, Wash., Darin Eversaul
Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, Oakley, Calif., Luis Huerta
Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, Turlock, Calif., Steve Mendes
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Appleton, Wis., Crystal Scherer
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Steven’s Point, Wis., Alice Firkus
Safeway Stores, Marysville, Wash., Jason Mooring
Save Mart Supermarkets, Truckee, Calif., Patty Patino
ShopRite, Medford, N.J., Bill Logan, Jr.
Tops Markets, Grand Island, N.Y., Mike Bawol
Wal-Mart Stores, Fayette- ville, Ark., Kenny Hackman
Weis Markets, Fogelsville, Pa., Jake Wittman
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