Judy Spires Feted as 2016 Trailblazer
Marie Quintana, president, Velocity Marketing Group, served as emcee of the gala awards presentation
EnsembleIQ SVP/Brand Director Jeff Friedman
Judith A. Spires, chairman L-R: PG’s Meg Major, PepsiCo’s Marla Daudelin, 2016 TWIG/ NEW Trailblazer Judy Spires and JOH’s Bobbie O’Hare and CEO of KB Holdings Inc., parent company of Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s, was honored as the PG/NEW 2016 Top Women in Grocery Trailblazer, which recognizes a single industry executive whose leadership, vision and KB Holding President/CEO Judy Spires influence have helped break accepting her Trailblazer award new ground for women in L-R: Kings Food Markets’ Maryann Klejmont, Jessica Gasser, Laura Granston, Maral Banks, Carol the retail food industry. Donnoli, Monica Bonamego, Claudia Hauser, Lisa Prior to accepting the Durante and Richard Durante pinnacle award, key members of the Trailblazer award sponsor team – Meg Major, of Progressive Grocer; Marla Daudelin, of PepsiCo/FritoLay; and Bobbie O’Hare, of JOH, who represented the Network of Executive Women – offered personal tributes to Albertsons’ Elizabeth Erpelding and Dawn Mack Kroger’s Angie Steinberger The Hershey Co.’s Spires, who leads Parsippany, and her husband, Matt Stephanie Shein Berman N.J.-based Kings, a regional groand Jeff Harsh cery chain with 25 stores located throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
Cocktail reception before the awards presentation
PG’s Meg Major welcomed the 550 event guests. L-R: Albertsons’ Clarissa Hebert, Cathy Fields, Dione Baird and Connie Yates
Celebrating Kroger’s Top Women in Grocery are, L-R, Johnathan Moore, Kelli McGannon, Kathleen and Charles Wilks, and Sharon and Annie Roberts
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| Progressive Grocer | Ahead of What’s Next | January 2017