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.