Community Service Key for Manager Award Winners

MARK HAMSTRA

LAS VEGAS — Mark Halvorson of Cub Foods, Cheryl Rondenelli of Hannaford Bros. and Ralph Towery of MarketPlace Foods were presented with the Grand Prizes in the Food Marketing Institute Store Manager of the Year Awards at the FMI Show here yesterday. Halvorson, who won in the large-chain category, was recognized for his work coordinating Cub Foods’ response to the Interstate 35 bridge collapse in Minnesota last year and providing supplies for emergency responders from his store in St. Louis. Rondenelli was recognized in the midsized chain category for her store leadership and her community participation and event organization in Clinton, N.Y. Towery was recognized for leveraging his store’s bakery department to both drive business and support charities, such as a Breast Cancer Awareness campaign in Minot, N.D. The other finalists for the award were: Jeffrey Iwamuro, Potash Bros.; Dale Kahn, Bi-Lo; Bob Kees, Foodland; Ramiro Marquez, Bashas’; Mitch Streit, Hy-Vee; and Janice Yergeau, Hannaford Bros.

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