When Roger Lowe Sr. is visiting one of his stores, there’s a good chance you will find him bagging groceries or greeting every employee (known as a teammate) or picking up trash in the parking lot. His heart for people, attention to detail and impact on the grocery industry are just a few of […]
Category: 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.
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Roger Lowe Sr. Inducted Into Food Industry Hall Of Fame
Roger Lowe Sr., president and chairman of the board at Lowe’s Market, has been inducted into Shelby Publishing’s Food Industry Hall of Fame. In addition to this honor, Lowe’s Market has been named as The Shelby Report of the Southwest’s Retailer of the Year. Join us in the pages that follow as we learn how […]
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The GIANT Company Is Griffin Report’s 2021 Retail Innovator Of Year
The Griffin Report of the Northeast has named The GIANT Company as its 2021 Retail Innovator of the Year. It also has inducted Nicholas Bertram, The Giant Co. president and CEO, into the Food Industry Hall of Fame. The Ahold Delhaize company continues to grow and to up its game in the competitive grocery marketplace. […]
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Taylor Inducted Into HOF As The United Family Celebrates 105 Years
Robert Taylor, EVP and senior advisor for The United Family, has been described by many as an entrepreneur at heart. He’s also regarded as a living, breathing representation of West Texas. To The Shelby Report of the Southwest he is all that, plus the latest inductee into Shelby Publishing’s Food Industry Hall of Fame. Click […]
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Brookshire Grocery Named 2020 Southwest Retailer Of The Year
The Shelby Report of the Southwest has selected Tyler, Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Co. as its 2020 Southwest Retailer of the Year. Founded in 1928, the company operates 183 stores and employs nearly 16,000 people in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Brad Brookshire, chairman and CEO of Brookshire Grocery Co., has been selected for the Food Industry […]
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Well-Deserved Honors For Gelson’s Executive
Donna Tyndall is a shoo-in for The Shelby Report of the West’s Woman Executive of the Year award as well as induction into the Food Industry Hall of Fame. Currently serving as SVP of store operations for Encino, California-based Gelson’s, Tyndall was the first woman in management for the upscale grocer. And she has taken […]
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CEO Song Honored As Superior Grocers Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Inseparable – Mimi Song and Superior Grocers Superior Grocers is one of the largest independently owned chains of grocery stores in Southern California. From its first store in 1981 in Covina, the company has grown to 47 locations. Superior takes pride in having prospered in neighborhoods where others failed because of its commitment to – […]
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Superior Grocers’ Management Amazed By Leader’s Work Attitude, Energy
Admire humble approach, persistence and emphasis on teamwork throughout business Mimi Song, a Korean immigrant, founded Hispanic specialty grocery store Superior Grocers with her sister, Marie, in the early 1980s. Strong-willed and determined to achieve the American Dream, Song found great success. This year, the company is celebrating 40 years in the business – with no plans to slow […]
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Mimi Song Has Fashioned Successful Career In Grocery Industry
Superior’s CEO immigrated from South Korea with early designs on a different path Mimi Song, founder and CEO of Superior Grocers, has been selected for the Food Industry Hall of Fame. In recent interviews with Bob Reeves, EVP of Shelby Publishing, which were compiled by Shelby’s Mary Margaret Stewart, Song recalled her rise to CEO of a successful grocery chain. Mimi […]
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Albertsons Named West Retailer Of The Year; Miller Joins Hall Of Fame
Albertsons Cos. may not be the obvious choice for our 2018 West Retailer of the Year honor, as the Boise, Idaho-based grocer has been going through the painstaking integration process with Safeway for the past three and a half years, which has been “a distraction,” according to Chairman Robert G. “Bob” Miller. But that process […]
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Bristol Farms’ 35th Anniversary & Kevin Davis, Food Industry Hall Of Fame Inductee
Bristol Farms was founded in November 1982 by two men whose careers had been in the meat business. Irv Gronsky and Mike Burbank were moving toward retirement age and so decided to sell their high-end meat business that supplied restaurants and butcher shops. But they weren’t quite ready to stop working altogether, so they decided […]
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Well-Deserved Dual Honors For Gelson’s Executive
Donna Tyndall is a shoo-in for The Shelby Report of the West’s Woman Executive of the Year award as well as induction into the Food Industry Hall of Fame. Currently serving as SVP of store operations for Encino, California-based Gelson’s, Tyndall was the first woman in management for the upscale grocer. And she has taken […]
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Food Industry Hall Of Fame 2016 Inductee: Super A Foods’ Lou Amen
Super A Foods founder Lou Amen is being inducted into the Food Industry Hall of Fame as his company celebrates 45 years as a strong Southern California independent. Amen began his career in the industry as a teenager and today, at 87 years old, the chairman of Super A Foods is still at it, working from […]