Retail Produce Manager Awards

Honoring the produce industry's front line

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United Fresh Retail Produce Manager Awards Program pays special recognition to those on the front line in supermarkets working everyday to increase sales and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. United Fresh is proud to extend the produce industry's thanks to supermarket produce managers nationwide.

While only a few of the many thousands of produce managers across the country can be recognized through this program, United Fresh salutes every produce manager working on the front lines of our industry to promote the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables and the better health of their customers. This program honors all of their efforts, and serves to promote role models of excellence across our industry.

United Fresh is pleased to announce the 2009 Retail Produce Manager Award Winners

RICHARD BIXLER, Brookshire Grocery Co., Sweetwater, TX
FERNANDO BOVADILLA, Nob Hill Foods, Raley's Family of Fine Stores, Mountain View, CA
ELDEN CAVE, Food Lion, LLC, Dobson, NC
MALINDA CLEVELAND, Bashas' Dine' Market, Window Rock, AZ
NAN DAY, NAS Lemoore Commissary, Lemoore, CA
RONALD FLOSI, Jewel-Osco, Chicago, IL
UZIEL GALVEZ, Safeway Stores, Inc., Hood River, OR
HUMBERTO GONZALEZ, Ralphs, Los Angeles, CA
DUSTIN HANEY, Hy-Vee, Inc., Ankeny, IA
ROBERT HEWETT, Raley's Family of Fine Stores, Ukiah, CA
CHRIS HOOD, Brookshire Grocery Co., Tyler, TX
GREG HURST, Vons, San Diego, CA
RON INATOMI, Gelson's Market, Newport Beach, CA
PAULA LUCAS, Colemans Food Centre, Stephenville, NF, Canada
JEFF MALLORY, Hy-Vee, Inc., Olathe, KS
ROBERT OARE, The Kroger Co., Mount Vernon, OH
FRANK OWENS, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Fairhope, AL
LEQUITTE PERRY, Food City, Louisa, KY
ABRAHAM RAMIREZ, Raley's Family of Fine Stores, Benicia, CA
DONALD RICH, Price Chopper Supermarkets/Golub Corp., Burlington, VT
JOHN SMITH, Brookshire Grocery Co., Ruston, LA
GEORGE TATARIS, Dominick's, Park Ridge, IL
SCOTT THEISEN, Blue Goose Market, St. Charles, IL
TIMOTHY TREMBLAY, Hannaford Bros. Company, Scarborough, ME
BRETT WARFIELD, Save Mart, Sonora, CA

2008 Award Winners
ROBERT CARDWELL, Raley's, Fairfield, CA
GARY CLAY, Raley's, Santa Rosa, CA
KEVIN COLLIGAN, Brookshire Grocery Co., Lafayette, LA
TERRY COX, Foodtown Supermarket, Lambertville, MI
EDDIE DUNCAN, Food Lion, LLC, Gate City, VA
TODD FENTON, Safeway Stores, Inc., Seaside, OR
BRIAN GAB, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Chalmette, LA
JAKE HARDING, Hy Vee, Inc., Omaha, NE
NEIL HARTLEY, Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Kill Devil Hills, NC
ANGELA HOPSON, K-VA-T Foods, Big Stone Gap, VA
AMY KIRK, Safeway Stores, Inc., University Place, WA
MARK LEUNG, Smith's Food & Drug Center, Midvale, UT
HARRY LEWIS, Luke AFB Commissary, Glendale, AZ
PAUL LOPEZ, Vons, Paso Robles, CA
DAVID MEIER, Safeway Stores, Inc., Auburn, CA
JAMES MOLLOY, Hannaford Bros. Company, Nashua, NH
JOHN MONAHAN, Price Chopper Supermarkets/Golub Corporation, Marlborough, MA
KEN PECHE, BKT Sentry Foods, Wakesha, WI
GREG REINHART, Hy Vee, Inc., Marshall, MN
NANCY RIEKENA, The Kroger Co., Peoria, IL
JULIE RODRIGUEZ, Smith's Food & Drug Center, Bozeman, MT
BERNARD ROGERS, Jewel Osco, DeKalb, IL
JOHN SCHWENK, Bristol Farms, Newport Beach, CA
RICHARD THOMPSON, Meijer, Okemos, MI
ISMAEL VELA, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Edinburg,TX

2007 Award Winners
JOHN ARELLANO, Raley's, San Pablo, CA
RAY BOWMAN, Hy-Vee, Inc., Sioux Falls SD
KAREN CAPPUCCILLI, Winn Dixie Stores, Inc., Port Charlotte, FL
EDWARD FAIRBROTHER, Price Chopper, Syracuse NY
TIM FEARING, Niemann’s Foods, Inc., Sterling, IL
JAMES FORNELLI, Jewel Osco, Highland Park, IL
JOSE GUADARRAMA, Food4Less, Riverside, CA
JEFFRY INGRAM, Brookshire Grocery Co., Tyler, TX
CAROL JOHNSON, Raley's, Loomis, CA
KEVIN KINSLEY, Hy-Vee, Inc., Rochester, MN
KEN KORSON, Meijer, Traverse City, MI
CAY MCCONNELL, K-VA-T Foods, Blountville, TN
SANDY MCMICHAEL, Market Place, Columbia, IL
JIM MINER, Bashas', Sedona, AZ
JORGE MUÑOZ, Safeway, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA
LEROY REESMAN, Albrecht's Sentry Foods, Delafield, WI
SHANE SCARBROUGH, Brookshire Grocery Co., Jackson, MS
THOMAS SCIARRINO, Price Chopper, Dunmore, PA
SHARI SPENCER, King Soopers, Highland Ranch, CO
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, Food Lion, LLC, Charleston, SC

2006 Award Winners
BOBBY ALEXANDER, H-E-B., Waco, TX
DALE BLAKEWAY, Safeway, Inc., Belfair, WA
GEORGE BRUNDAGE, Clemens Family Markets, New Hope, PA
MIKE CLAYTON, Bi-Lo, Simpsonville, SC
KENNY DALE, Food Lion, LLC, Troutman, NC
MIKE DICKERSON, Winn Dixie, LaPlace, LA
JOE FREED, Safeway, Inc., Arlington, WA
JERRY HANSEN, Raley's, Vallejo, CA
TODD HAUBRICH, Roger & Marv's / Spiegelhoff's, Kenosha, WI
MARK KOLL, Hy-Vee, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD
GERALD LAM, Safeway, Inc., Oakland, CA
DEE MABRY, Brookshire Grocery Co., Shreveport, LA
MICHAEL MARTORANA, Jewel-Osco, Grayslake, IL
RICHARD MOTT, Bel Air Markets, Elk Grove, CA
CHRIS MUMBY, Hy-Vee, Inc., Marion, IA
LARAINE RAMIREZ, Vons, Las Vegas, NV
DOYLE ROBINSON, Food City K-VA-T, Kingsport, TN
JEFF THILL, Hy-Vee, Inc., Waterloo, IA
DAVID THOMPSON, The Kroger Co., Fayetteville, GA
BILL VIRNIG, Hy-Vee, Inc., Brookings, SD
JIMI WARNER, Brookshire Grocery Co., Lindale, TX

2005 Award Winners
TODD ALSTON, Brookshire Grocery Co., Tyler, TX
JOEL BOWMAN, Food City K-VA-T, Bristol, TN
ELENO DAVILA, Safeway, Inc.. Puyallup, WA
FRANK GARCIA, H.E.B., Portland, TX
DAWN HANSON, Nash Finch, St. James, MN
JAY KEMPKER, Hy-Vee Food Stores, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
VINCENT MOCHOCKI, Albertsons/Jewel-Osco Division, Glendale Heights, IL
TIM OLDENKAMP, Safeway, Inc., Bainbridge Is., WA
MARK SAUCEDO, H.E.B., Austin, TX
WADE VANGINKEL, Kings Sooper City Markets, El Jebel, CO
JOHN WEAVER, Hy-Vee Food Stores, Cedar Rapids, IA
DAVE WEBBER, Fred Meyer, Bend, OR

Look for The 2010 Retail Produce Manager Awards Program!

Applications for the 2010 Retail Produce Managers Awards Program will be available this fall, with winners to again be honored at the United Fresh Show in April 2010. We encourage all retail members and produce marketers to use this program to honor the retail produce managers that work everyday on their behalf to increase the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.