The company celebrates eight independent
grocer customers for creating meaningful impact in local
communities
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,
July 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Food solutions company
SpartanNash (the "Company") (Nasdaq: SPTN) this week
celebrated its independent grocer customers' achievements during
its 2024 Food Solutions Expo at DeVos Place Convention Center. The
Company awarded eight outstanding independent grocers with a
2023-2024 Vision Award for exemplifying customer focus and serving
their shoppers with excellence.
"We're proud that our customers contribute to our mission to
deliver the ingredients for a better life, and it's an honor to
celebrate the impressive impact they have in their communities,"
said SpartanNash Executive Vice President and Chief Customer
Officer Amy McClellan. "Their stores
serve as critical food destinations, centers of connectivity for
neighborhoods, and places to enjoy meaningful careers."
The SpartanNash Vision Award winners include:
Core Behavior Awards:
- Leppinks Food Centers: This grocer earned recognition as
Michigan Grocer's Outstanding Retailer. With local community
sponsorships and annual customer appreciation events, the Leppinks
team lives up to the SpartanNash We Serve Core
Behavior.
- Fresh Encounter, Inc.: Following a tornado warning, an
associate took immediate action to keep shoppers and other team
members sheltered safely. After being hit by the tornado, the store
embodied We Create Solutions by reopening two weeks
later.
- Nilssens Foods: The company lives We Win by investing in
store remodels, earning recognition as the 2023 Grocer of the Year
in the Wisconsin Grocers Association (WGA), and donating over
$42,000 to his local community
through his annual golf tournament.
- Fate's Market: From their recent 102nd Anniversary
Sale parking lot party to their creative marketing materials, this
team exemplifies the SpartanNash Core Behavior We Have
Fun.
- Leevers Foods: As a leader in creating tag concepts for
electronic shelf labels (ESLs), reducing labor and waste and
streamlining pricing and accuracy, this fourth-generation grocer
earned the prestigious recognition of the Delivering the
Ingredients for a Better Life award.
Performance Awards - given to customers committed to providing
shoppers with spectacular value and quality with private label
products:
- Randy's Neighborhood Market: Large Market Size Winner
- Town & Country Supermarkets: Mid-Market Size Winner
- Cahoy's General Store: Small Market Size Winner
In addition to being a proud wholesale supplier to over 2,100
retail locations nationwide, SpartanNash provides a wide variety of
services to its independent customers, including those related to
marketing, merchandising, pharmacy, asset protection, financial and
retail technology support.
The SpartanNash Food Solutions Expo took place July 23-25. More than 1,500 attendees, including
independent grocer customers, vendors and SpartanNash Associates
gathered for industry deals, networking and education.
About SpartanNash
SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) is a food
solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life.
Committed to fostering a People First culture, the
SpartanNash family of Associates is 17,000 strong. SpartanNash
operates two complementary business segments – food wholesale and
grocery retail. Its global supply chain network serves wholesale
customers that include independent and chain grocers, national
retail brands, e-commerce platforms, and U.S. military commissaries
and exchanges. The Company distributes products for every aisle in
the grocery store, from fresh produce to household goods to its
OwnBrands, which include the Our Family® portfolio
of products. On the retail side, SpartanNash operates 147
brick-and-mortar grocery stores, primarily under the banners of
Family Fare, Martin's Super Markets and D&W Fresh Market, in
addition to dozens of pharmacies and fuel centers. Leveraging
insights and solutions across its segments, SpartanNash offers a
full suite of support services for independent grocers. For more
information, visit spartannash.com.
CONTACT:
Adrienne
Chance
SVP, Communications
SpartanNash
press@spartannash.com
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