Last updated on August 2nd, 2024
SpartanNash honored eight independent grocers with a 2023-24 Vision Award during its Food Solutions Expo July 23-25 at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
More than 1,500 attendees, including independent grocer customers, vendors and SpartanNash employees, gathered for industry deals, networking and education.
“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 Amy McClellan, SpartanNash’s EVP and chief customer officer.
“Their stores serve as critical food destinations, centers of connectivity for neighborhoods and places to enjoy meaningful careers.”
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The SpartanNash Vision Award winners include:
Core Behavior Awards
- Leppinks Food Centers – 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 employee 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 and donating more than $42,000 to the local community through its annual golf tournament.
- Fate’s Market – From its recent 102nd anniversary sale parking lot party to its 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 recognition of the “Delivering the Ingredients for a Better Life” award.
Performance Awards
This award is given to customers committed to providing shoppers with value and quality with private label products.
- Randy’s Neighborhood Market: large market size winner;
- Town & Country Supermarkets: mid-market size winner; and
- Cahoy’s General Store: small market size winner.
In addition to being a wholesale supplier to more than 2,100 retail locations nationwide, SpartanNash provides a variety of services to its independent customers, including those related to marketing, merchandising, pharmacy, asset protection, financial and retail technology support.
