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Clarence Birdseye leveraged his interest in food and his keen eye for observation to create processes that revolutionized the frozen food industry....More

Sol Price pioneered the warehouse-club format and paved the way for discount retailers nationwide....More

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Russ Jackson, senior vice president of human resources for Safeway here, has been named to the 2012 HR Honor Roll by Human Resource Executive magazine, the retailer said Monday. Jackson will be recognized at an event this week in Chicago....More

Partners Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg — the “Hy” and the “Vee” in Hy-Vee — opened their first store together in 1930 in Beaconsville, Iowa, and from very early on established the principle of store-level autonomy that still guides the chain today....More

MINNEAPOLIS — Wayne C. Sales, who took the wheel at reeling Supervalu last week, said he would race to prop up the company that he’s also trying to sell....More

ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Grocers Association here has presented its Association Leadership Award to Dan Shaul, president of the Missouri Grocers Association, for his dedication to and continued service on behalf of the grocery industry in the area of government relations....More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans here has named Robert G. Miller, chief executive officer of Albertsons LLC, as its 2012 Horatio Alger Award winner. The award is given to individuals "whose courage and determination allowed them to overcome the challenges they faced early in their lives and achieve success in their fields," the association said in a statement....More

LAS VEGAS - Archie McGregor, a two-store IGA operator in the Pacific Northwest, received the Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award Saturday night at a dinner preceding the annual National Grocers Association convention here....More

ORLANDO, Fla. — Food Marketing Institute on Monday said Danny Wegman was the inaugural recipient of the Robert B. Wegman Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, presented at FMI’s annual Midwinter Executive Conference here. Also on Monday, FMI said Richard Parkinson was the recipient of the association’s annual Herbert Hoover award recognizing humanitarian service in the food retail industry....More

SN Marketer of the Year Jeff Martin of Ahold USA seeks to deliver value, however customers define it....More

Of the many things in the supermarket industry accomplished by Ralph Ketner, he's proudest of the fact that those accomplishments made millionaires of the original investors in a small business he co-founded....More