FMI – The Food Industry Association has announced the finalists of its 2022 Store Manager Awards.
These 11 people were chosen for their aptitude for team development and store leadership. Their high-level business acumen and passion for people management led to financial growth, heightened customer satisfaction, purpose-driven employees, innovative in-store programs and impactful community investments.
“The 2022 class of Store Manager Awards finalists represent triumph over turbulence. Despite a raucous year of supply chain disruptions, rising inflation and an ongoing pandemic, these 11 remarkable professionals remained undeterred in their commitment to achieving industry excellence,” said Leslie Sarasin, FMI president and CEO. “The 2022 finalists delivered inspiring results for their companies, customers and communities.”
2022 FMI Store Manager Awards Finalists
Category A (1-49 Stores)
- Jose Marroquin, store manager, Inserra Supermarkets ShopRite, New Milford, New Jersey;
- Scott Cristi, store manager, Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Co., West Roxbury, Massachusetts; and
- Stephanie Wright, store manager, Monadnock Food Co-op, Keene, New Hampshire.
Category B (50 – 199 Stores)
- Dionne Martin, store manager, Giant Food, Fort Washington, Maryland;
- Raymond Stockard, store manager, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. dba Food City, Kingsport, Tennessee; and
- Rob Santoni, store manager, Weis Markets, Inc., Nottingham, Maryland.
Category C (200+ Stores)
- Brandon Welch, store director, Brookshire Grocery Company, Monroe, Louisiana;
- Rob Vassar, store director, Meijer Inc., Stevensville, Michigan; and
- Robin Olshenske, store manager, Food Lion, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Category D (International)
- Dawn Haig, store manager, Save-On-Foods, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- William Colquhoun, store manager, SPAR Scotland/CJ Lang, Abronhill, Scotland
Celebrations Plans
FMI includes a profile for each finalist on the Store Manager Awards website. From April 18-22, FMI will host its People’s Pick category, during which it will ask members of the public to vote for their favorite Store Manager Awards finalist. Winners from all four categories and the People’s Pick recipient will be announced during a live, virtual celebration on April 28 via FMI’s YouTube channel. The Store Manager Awards are sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company.
As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain. FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain – from retailers that sell to consumers, to producers that supply food and other products, as well as the wide variety of companies providing critical services – to amplify the collective work of the industry.
For more information, visit FMI.org.
