Live From NGA: PG Honors 2017 Top Indies

Progressive Grocer honored its 2017 class of Outstanding Independents at an awards reception held Feb. 13 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas during the NGA Show.

Award recipients were on hand from every category -- overall single-store, overall multistore, overall fresh excellence, overall new concept design, bakery, center store, deli/prepared foods, meat/seafood, produce and technology – to accept the honor. Members of the industry also were on hand to celebrate the best of the best among independent grocers.

This year’s class of winners demonstrate what makes the independent grocery market thrive: a commitment to quality, their staffs and their communities. Information about each winner is availabe in Progressive Grocer’s February issue.

The 2017 Outstanding Independent winners are:

Overall Outstanding Independent Single Store:

Janssen’s Market

Overall Outstanding Independent Multi-Store Operator:

Oliver’s Market

Overall Outstanding Independent Fresh Excellence:

McCaffrey’s Food Market

Overall Outstanding Independent New Concept Design:

Harvest Market

Bakery

Highland Park Market
Broulim's

Center Store

Blue Goose Market

Macey's

Deli/Prepared Food

Tony O’s Supermarket

Lunds & Byerly’s

Meat/Seafood

Superlo Foods

B. Green Co.

Produce

Willy Street Co-op

Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co.

Technology

California Fresh Market

Festival Foods