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FMI Honors Store Manager Award Winners

Program included Facebook-driven "People's Pick". The program included a Facebook-driven People's Pick.

Rebekah Marcarelli, Senior Editor

May 17, 2018

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The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) honored several exceptional store managers picked from a pool of finalists for leadership and career achievements at its Future Leaders eXperience. 

According to FMI officials, the winners "pioneered new initiatives supporting e-commerce tactics in their stores, fostered new talent in food retail and served their communities to the highest levels." 

“In a world increasingly enamored with technology, it becomes a point of differentiation to have quality, meaningful connections with people,” said FMI President and CEO Leslie Sarasin. “Store managers make that point of differentiation a flesh-and-blood reality. They are motivating their employees to create memorable in-store and online experiences that keep shoppers personally engaged and coming back for more.”

The award winners are as follows:

  • Al Gartner of Lunds & Byerlys, Woodbury, Minn.

  • Kathy Sweigert of Giant Martin’s, State College, Penn.

  • Pam Hudson of Dillons Food Stores, a division of The Kroger Co., Hutchinson, Kan.

  • Joanne Walker of SPAR Northern Ireland/Henderson Group, County Down, Northern Ireland

  • Mitch Cochran of Food City, Cleveland, Tenn. 

Each 2018 Store Manager Award winner receives a $1,000 prize and a crystal award. For the fourth year, FMI continued to host the People’s Pick Facebook contest, which received more than 8,800 votes. The contest winner, Mitch Cochran, will receive a special trophy and $500 to celebrate his store’s employees.

Related:FMI Accepting Nominations for Annual Store Manager Awards

About the Author

Rebekah Marcarelli

Senior Editor

Rebekah Marcarelli comes to the grocery world after spending several years immersed in digital media. A graduate of Purchase College, Rebekah held internships in the magazine, digital news and local television news fields. In her spare time, Rebekah spends way too much time at the grocery store deciding what to make for dinner.

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