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ARIZONA FOOD INDUSTRY RECOGNIZES FORMER ABCO CEO HILL, OTHERS

PHOENIX -- Ed Hill, former president and chief executive officer of Abco Desert Markets here, has been inducted into the Arizona Food Industry Hall of Fame.e award to Paul Bennewitz, who retired as AFMA president in 1996.Other award winners included Ray Sprinkle, former president of the locally based division of Fleming, Dallas -- who subsequently became president of the wholesaler's Northeast division

PHOENIX -- Ed Hill, former president and chief executive officer of Abco Desert Markets here, has been inducted into the Arizona Food Industry Hall of Fame.

e award to Paul Bennewitz, who retired as AFMA president in 1996.

Other award winners included Ray Sprinkle, former president of the locally based division of Fleming, Dallas -- who subsequently became president of the wholesaler's Northeast division -- who was named Arizona supplier of the year; Geoff Stickler, president of Express Foods, a conventional market, and Price Chopper, a warehouse store, who was named retailer of the year; and Vern Stover, president of Fast Stops, a five-unit convenience store chain, who was named c-store operator of the year.