When the COVID-19 pandemic first began to unfold, Mike Violette saw the bi-weekly ROFDA conference calls as an invaluable resource for Associated Grocers of New England, of which he is president and CEO. “Each of us were able to bring something different to the table – the things that worked and those that didn’t […]
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Food City Differentiates As Hispanic Grocer
Tom Duesman began operations at Food City in the Diamond Hill neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas in 2021. By then, the country was nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. But every community still needs to eat, and he saw it as an opportunity when he acquired the store. This is the first grocery store […]
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ROFDA Board Members Envision More Inclusivity, Involvement
Members of the board of directors for the Retailer Owned Food Distributors and Associates discussed the state of the industry and shared their thoughts on what may lie ahead during a panel discussion at the organization’s fall conference. Board member Michael Violette, president and CEO of AG New England, praised the value of ROFDA’s share […]
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Creative Choice Awards Winners Recognized At NGA Show
Annual conference returns to Las Vegas in February 2023 Winners of the annual Creative Choice Awards contest were recognized March 1 during the 2022 NGA Show at the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas. Sponsored by the National Grocers Association and its partners, Kellogg Company and Unilever, the annual contest honors the best marketing […]
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Smith Emphasizes Significance Of ROFDA’s Share Group Activities
To keep the future of ROFDA viable, David Smith, ROFDA board member and president of AWG, emphasized that a core value of the association is its share group activities. “It’s there that we find ways to tackle common problems that we have in our industry and our respective businesses, and we can learn from each […]
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Isom IGA Is A Hometown Grocer, Through And Through
When Gwen Christon was introduced to grocery retail, she was just looking for a job in her hometown of Isom, Kentucky. “I didn’t envision ever being in the grocery business. I really just envisioned getting a job…and going to work,” she said with a laugh. After her entry position in stocking, Christon continued to move […]
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Administrative And Operations Manager Held ROFDA Together
With the presidency of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates vacant for the past two years, organization officials say Teresa Pope, administrative and operations manager, has been the “glue” that has held the organization together. Pope was part of the first executive staff that ROFDA hired in 1990. Through the three presidencies since then, she […]
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Banjo’s Buddies To Sponsor Stuckey At WGA Meeting March 1
Banjo’s Buddies: Promoting Solutions for Juvenile Diabetes is sponsoring Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey’s Corp., in her talk to the Women Grocers of America at the upcoming NGA Show in Las Vegas. Joe Moody, founder of Banjo’s Buddies, said he knew his diabetic alert dog, Banjo, would be “perfect for empowering women when he licked […]