KANSAS Metropolis, Kan. – Involved Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) introduced the winners to many prestigious member awards as aspect of its release of its Annual Report. Highlighting the award winners are Lou Fox Neighborhood Provider Award Winners Jim Brown, of Doc’s Foods Outlets, Inc., and Retail outlet Supervisor of the Year, Donna Madere-Dickerson, of Rouse’s Enterprises, L.L.C.
The Lou Fox Award is provided each and every year in honor of Lou Fox, Standard Manager and President of AWG from 1955 right until 1983. The receiver is an AWG member retailer that displays exceptional management, motivation to their community and upholds the values of AWG. Jim operates twelve effective shops in the larger Tulsa location of Oklahoma. Jim has served in numerous techniques, which includes currently being the founding member of the Bixby Education Endowment Basis 50 years ago. He also served on the YMCA board and the New Facility Fund Boosting committee to increase $3 million for a new spouse and children facility. He also led the Bixby
Football Booster Club, serving as president and member of the Bixby Chamber of Commerce, the OFI-CRS
Board, and the Countrywide Grocers Affiliation (NGA) Board. In 2001, Jim been given the NGA “Spirit of
The united states,” and again in 2018, he obtained NGA’s greatest award for govt and public affairs, “The Clarence G. Adamy Wonderful American Award.” Jim’s enthusiasm for schooling is seen by means of generous aid to Bixby Schools’ training and wonderful arts departments and a scholarship recognized via the Oklahoma Grocers Association as a founding member from 1990 to 2020. He is also a perennial sponsor of Very first Tee of Tulsa, advertising character improvement and existence-boosting values through youth golf. Jim is pretty lively in the get the job done, outreach, and fellowship of Asbury Methodist Church, where by he is a member.
“Jim has usually viewed his most distinguished position in the group is to assistance families,” David Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of AWG reported. “He has been passionate about providing back again as a result of supporting training, community expert services, and general benevolence. It is a terrific privilege for us to recognize good independent grocers that are also distinguished neighborhood supporters.”
The AWG Keep Supervisor of the 12 months is offered every year to the retailer supervisor or director in just the cooperative membership that greatest demonstrated excellence in leadership and amazing keep functions. “The winner of this year’s award is truly a unique type of leader, and you can see why absolutely everyone on her team loves her”, mentioned Smith.
In the course of the five decades Donna Madere-Dickerson has been with Rouses as a Retailer Director, she has operated four distinct high-volume destinations. Presently, she manages Rouses in Baton Rouge, LA. A single of Donna’s strengths is developing robust, very successful teams. She has been really profitable in staying very well-staffed by the pandemic and Hurricane Ida. She lives by the belief that your associates will want to work with you if they are addressed well and really feel preferred. Below her management, Rouses has crafted excellent relationships with the local community by partnering with LSU Athletics food drives, WBRZ news station food items drives and blood drives, and associates with The Shepherd’s Sector Foods Pantry, assisting neighbors in have to have.
“Donna is a ‘Can Do – Will Do’ leader,” Jeff Zerweck, Rouses Regional Director of Functions stated. “She leads her team with this mentality. When chatting to her crew, you can see how they embrace her and her eyesight. Donna is all about teaching, instruction, supporting, and pushing her staff to be the very best just about every working day. This demonstrates in her retail outlet situations and the leadership team she has built. She is usually there for assist, pushing for profits, and creating the following fantastic leader.”
Valu Merchandisers Corporation (VMC), a subsidiary of AWG, awarded its Excellence Award to Harps in Greenbrier, Ark. owned by Harp’s Food stuff Suppliers, Inc. Harps sets a great illustration of merchandising excellence and are leaders and finest in class in running successful and rewarding non-meals and specialty packages.
AWG also declared winners of 13 more awards through each section. These winners incorporate:
- AWG Models – Hays Money Saver in Henderson, Tenn. owned by Dyer Foodstuff, Inc.
- Make (two winners)
- Greer’s in Cell, Ala. owned by Autry Greer & Sons, Inc.
- H.G. Hill in Nice See, Tenn. owned by S & C Foodstuff, Inc.
- Bakery (two winners)
- Homeland in Duncan, Okla. owned by HAC, Inc.
- Van Til’s Grocery store in Hammond, Ind. owned by Van Til’s Grocery store, Inc.
- Food items Services – Tony’s Refreshing Current market in Berwyn, Unwell. owned by Tony’s Finer Foods Enterprises, Inc.
- Floral – Super Saver in Grand Island, Neb. owned by B & R Suppliers, Inc.
- Seafood – Hen House in Prairie Village, Kan. owned by 4 B Corp.
- Center Shop – Hardy Dollars Saver in Hardy, Ark. owned by Bill’s Super Foods, Inc.
- Meat – Checkers in Lawrence, Kan. owned by Hillcrest Foodstuff, Inc.
- Merchandising Occasion (two winners)
- Crest in Oklahoma Town, Okla. owned by Crest Price cut Meals, Inc.
- Ptacek’s in Prescott, Wis. owned by Ptacek IGA, Inc.
- Omnichannel – Reasor’s in Tulsa, Okla. owned by Brookshire Grocery Co.
ABOUT Involved WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
Affiliated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, serving around 1,100 member corporations and above 3,200 spots during 28 states from 9 whole-line wholesale Divisions. The consolidated revenue for AWG are $10.8 billion. In addition to its cooperative wholesale functions, the corporation also operates subsidiary businesses which give sure genuine estate and supermarket progress companies, print and digital advertising solutions, overall health and magnificence treatment, general merchandise, pharmaceutical products and solutions, specialty foodstuff, and all-natural and organic and natural solutions. For much more information and facts, take a look at AWGinc.com and stick to @AWGCorporate on Twitter.