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Awards were handed out at Grocery Innovations Canada on October 23, 2018 to the following retailers and suppliers. The Master Merchandiser Awards program recognizes creative merchandising in the grocery industry.
The program enables retailers and manufacturers the opportunity to stimulate purchases at the point-of-sale by building effective displays, promotions and events.
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The 2018 Master Merchandiser Winners In the Single Manufacturer category, the winner of the Small Surface Award was awarded to: |
| Nesters Market Woodward’s Vancouver, BC Mike Pare and Team Acosta Canada – Tracy Shea & Fredericka Staiger |
| Medium Surface: |
| Quality Foods Parksville, BC – Marius Mackensen and Darcy Ginter Coca-Cola |
| And the Large Surface: |
| Save-On Foods Orchard Plaza Kelowna, BC – Eric Falkenberg, Malcom Robson Coca-Cola – Matt Starkes & Ken McCaffrey |
| In the Multi-Manufacturer Category, the Small Surface Award was awarded to: |
| Sun Valley Supermarket, Toronto ON,
Jim and Vicki Bexis Nestlé – Barb Rae |
| Medium Surface: |
| Powell’s Supermarket Carbonear NL – Dave Powell, Craig Oates Maple Leaf – Lloyd George |
| And the Large Surface: |
| Dessureault Your Independent Grocer Ottawa, ON – Carl & Nathalie Dessureault, Rene Larocque Campbell’s – Ozzie Mariani General Mills – Gord MacMillan Coca-Cola – John Lavern Unilever – Todd Schroeder Kraft Heinz – Jacques Perrier Smuckers – Doreen Cummins |
| In the Themed Event Category the Small Surface Award was awarded to: |
| St Norbert Marketplace Winnipeg, Manitoba – Ward Bruner & Neil Brelinski Kraft Heinz – Lauren Bulbuck |
| The Medium Surface winner is: |
| Powell’s Supermarket Bay Roberts, NL – Dave Powell & John Mercer Kraft Heinz – Jeff Tessier |
| And the Large Surface went to: |
| Save-On-Foods Richmond, BC – Leigh Yochlowitz Campbell’s – Kim Hanbidge |
| In the Perimeter Display Category, the Small Surface winner is… |
| AG Foods Barriere, BC – Ed Lee & Louisa Lee Canada Bread – Eric Armstrong |
| Winning Medium Surface went to: |
| Fresh Street Market West Vancouver, BC – Alex Lee and Staff Tree of Life – Kevin Carss |
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And the Large Surface winner is: |
| Longo’s Southeast Oakville
Diran Ogungbemile Canada Bread |
| Master Merchandiser in the Multi-Store Internal Contest the Small Surface winner is… |
| Metro Denis Messier Ste-Dorothée, PQ – Denis Messier & Michel Piché Acosta Canada – Manon Lachance |
| And Medium Surface went to: |
| Colemans Mt. Pearl, Mt. Pearl NL – Corey Conrad & the Coleman Family Kruger Products – Jacqueline Stanford |
| Large Surface went to: |
| Métro O’Frigidaire Lac-Etchemin, Québec – Joel Veilleux and Patrick Normand Maple Leaf Foods – Eric Gilbert |
The program is open to Canadian Federation of Independent Grocer members and ADA
