WorkJam is helping to bring Cardenas Markets into the future. The app is available to all employees from the CEO to grocery clerks. “It’s a transformation going from old...
Food Industry Hall of Fame
The Food Industry Hall of Fame was established to recognize men and women across the U.S. food industry who have provided leadership and fostered innovation over their careers.
These executives also have earned the respect of their industry peers for their dedication and the example they set, not only for those in their own companies but people across the industry’s many facets. Their families and communities also typically are beneficiaries of these executives’ time and attention, making them even more worthy of Food Industry Hall of Fame induction.
In these stories, the honorees’ work history and affiliations are chronicled along with their achievements and contributions to the industry.
Inductees prior to 2013 can be found here.
Cardenas Markets, The Shelby Report of the West’s Innovator of the Year, began as a family-owned company in 1981. Jesús Cárdenas Sr. and his wife, Luz, co-founded the...
Cardenas Markets has been named The Shelby Report of the West’s Innovator of the Year. In addition, CEO Doug Sanders has been named into Shelby Publishing’s...
Ira Kress, president of Landover, Maryland-based Giant Food, has been inducted into The Shelby Report’s Food Industry Hall of Fame. Kress began his grocery career at age...
Giant Food administered its first COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 26, 2020. Leading up to and following that date, so many questions were up in the air for Paul Zvaleny...
Giant Food, its parent company Ahold Delhaize and their partner Peapod were ahead of the curve when it came to e-commerce. And what began as a call-in grocery delivery...
For the seventh consecutive year, Maryland-based Giant Food was the title sponsor of the 30th annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle. After taking place...
Culture encompasses so much of a person’s identity. To some it signifies a sense of belonging, to others it is the expression of their past. For those at Giant Food, The...
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