Events

INDIANAPOLIS -- Jodi D. Marsh resigned as v.p., community relations and event management at Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. here last Friday, and then re-emerged as v.p. of Sease, Gerig & Associates, a local management consulting and communications firm that has just ended its own relationship with the chain.

PITTSBURGH -- Forget about its importance as a sporting event; the Super Bowl is one of the nation's biggest food events of the year, and supermarket operators this season are making sure they score every extra point they can.

NEW YORK -- Bi-Lo/Bruno's, Pathmark, and Target are among the retailers preparing to celebrate Black History Month in February, via a variety of educational events and promotions.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- Ahold USA division Tops Markets, LLC, based here, and the board of directors of weekend food and entertainment festival Taste of Buffalo, which is presented by Tops, are inviting teens to enter the 2006 Taste of Buffalo Poster Art Contest. Entrants will submit original artwork based on this year's theme, "We Be Jammin' On Delaware," a reference to the festival's location on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo. The contest is open to students in grades 9 to 12 who are currently enrolled in a public, private, or parochial high school in Erie or Niagara counties.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy here will hold the grand opening of its new 62,000-square-foot Rochester, N.H. store on Saturday, Jan. 28.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Shaw's Supermarkets here has contributed 62,266 pounds of food, gathered during its sixth annual "Spirit of Giving" food drive, to the Greater Boston Food Bank. It is the largest donation ever received by that organization, which runs a New England-wide program that currently benefits eight food banks.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has tapped Julie Roehm, an 11-year veteran of the auto industry, to join its Wal-Mart Stores U.S.A. division as s.v.p. of marketing communications, which is a new position within the company.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marsh Supermarkets will host the Lighten Up, Indiana! Campaign's next round of weight-management classes this month at nine supermarkets.