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NGA Show to feature expanded education program

February 2, 2022 by MMR IGA, Independent Grocers Alliance, NGA President and CEO Greg Ferrara, NGA Show Leading Headlines, Retail News

SHELTON, CT – This year’s NGA Show will feature a new and extensive education program focused on the needs of independent grocers, the trade group said on Wednesday. The event, which will be held February 27 through March 1 in Las Vegas, will include an education program with tracks focused on the most relevant needs

FMI honors supermarket industry leaders

January 27, 2019 by MMR Coca-Cola Company, Ern Sherman, Esther Peterson Award, FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, Food Marketing Institute, Glen P. Woodard Jr. award, Greg Calhoun, Herbert Hoover Award, Hy-Vee, IGA, Mark Batenic, Muhtar Kent, Randy Edeker, Robert B. Wegman Award, Sidney R. Rabb Award, U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern, William H. Albers award Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, People, Videos

MIAMI — Hy-Vee’s Randy Edeker, Coca-Cola Co.’s Muhtar Kent, Heinen’s Grocery Stores’s Tom Heinen and IGA Inc.’s Mark Batenic were among the executives recognized Saturday when the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) gave out its leadership awards. The 2019 award recipients were honored for trading partner excellence, innovative business practices, service and statesmanship, according to FMI, which presented