DeVos Place Convention Center hosted the 2024 Food Solutions Expo, where SpartanNash (NASDAQ: SPTN) recognized its independent grocer customers’ accomplishments. The company presented the 2023-2024 Vision Award to eight exceptional independent grocers who demonstrated customer focus and served their communities with excellence.
Vision Award Winners: 2023-2024
Chief Customer Officer Amy McClellan and CEO Tony Sarsam presented the Vision Awards. “Our customers are contributing to our mission of delivering the ingredients for a better life, and we are thrilled to recognize the incredible impact they are making in their communities,” McClellan said. He also added, “Their stores serve as essential food destinations, neighborhood connection centers and places where people can have meaningful careers.”
Core Behavior Awards:
Leppinks Food Centers – Michigan Grocer’s Outstanding Retailer for local community sponsorships and annual customer appreciation events; embodies SpartanNash We Serve Core Behavior
Fresh Encounter, Inc. – An associate kept shoppers and team members safe following a tornado warning; store reopened two weeks after being hit by tornado; exemplifies We Create Solutions
Nilssens Foods – Lives We Win through store remodel investments; earned 2023 Grocer of the Year from the Wisconsin Grocers Association; donates over $42,000 annually to local community through golf tournament
Fate’s Market – Known for creative marketing, such as recent 102nd Anniversary Sale; exemplifies Core Behavior We Have Fun
Leevers Foods – Created tag concepts for electronic shelf labels (ESLs), reducing labor/waste while streamlining pricing/accuracy; earns Delivering the Ingredients for a Better Life award
Performance Awards:
Large Market Size Winner: Randy’s Neighborhood Market Mid-Market Size Winner: Town & Country Supermarkets Small Market Size Winner: Cahoy’s General Store
SpartanNash Food Solutions Expo:
The three-day SpartanNash Food Solutions Expo, held July 23-25, brought together more than 1,500 attendees – including independent grocer customers, vendors and SpartanNash associates – for industry deals, networking and education.
Source: spartannash’s official website and prnewswire.com
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