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FMI Honors Noddle, AWG’s Phillips at Midwinter Conference
Jeffrey Noddle, the retiring executive chairman of Minneapolis-based Supervalu, Inc., has received the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Sidney R. Rabb Award for his exceptional service to the community, and involvement in and strong advocacy on behalf of the supermarket industry, and Gary Phillips, retired president and CEO officer of Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) in Kansas City, Kan., has garnered the FMI Herbert Hoover Award for his personal and professional excellence in serving the food retail and wholesale industry. -
BGC Expands Use of Enterprise Solution
In an effort to better understand of the wants and needs of shoppers across its expanding operations, Tyler, Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) is expanding the deployment of its enterprise software solution across its more than 150 Brookshire, Super 1 Food, Olé Foods, and ALPS (Always Low Price Store) stores in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.