Food solutions company SpartanNash celebrated the achievements of its independent grocer customers during the 2024 Food Solutions Expo at DeVos Place Convention Center.
The company recognized 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 their impressive impact in their communities,” said SpartanNash Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Amy McClellan. “Their stores serve as critical food destinations, neighborhood connectivity centers, and places to enjoy meaningful careers.”
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The SpartanNash Vision Award winners
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 immediately acted 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 various 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.