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FMI Store Manager Awards

The Store Manager Awards are given to outstanding managers who generate sales growth, demonstrate team leadership in their store/company, effectively communicate both the company and store goals and objectives, as well as provide exceptional customer service through in-store programs and improve community relations.

The 2026 nomination period is now closed and our judging process is underway.  In the meantime, explore our 2026 Store Manager Awards Yearbook to to see all the nominated the leaders making an impact across our industry!

2026 Store Manager Awards Yearbook

Save the date for our Live Virtual Ceremony on July 23, 2026.

2025 Store Manager Award Ceremony

2024 Store Manager Award Ceremony

2023 Store Manager Award Finalists

2023 Store Manager Awards Live Ceremony

2022 Store Manager Award Finalists

The Power of Store Managers

How the Role of Store Managers Has Changed

Get to Know Our Past Finalists
Russell Blais
Roche Bros. Marketplace
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Emily Lowe
E.W. James & Sons, Inc.
McKenzie, Tennessee
Jason Johnson
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., Food City
Gray, Tennessee
Ramatoulaye "Rama" Diallo
Jewel-Osco
Chicago, Illinois
Heath Redman
Harris Teeter LLC
Asheville, North Carolina
Tahjae Welch
The MarketPlace Limited
Paget, Bermuda
Amy Stainbrook
Giant Food
Baltimore, Maryland
Toby Pentecost
Food Lion, LLC.
Scottsville, Kentucky
Brittany Rhoades
Family Fare Supermarkets
Dickinson, North Dakota
Larisa Kvaratskelia
SPAR Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
Leon Kruger
SPAR South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kerri Hunsley
PCC Community Markets
Columbia City, Washington
Cathy Moloney
Hanover Co-op Food Stores of New Hampshire and Vermont
White River Junction, Vermont
Rea Noyes
Inserra Supermarkets ShopRite of Ramsey
Ramsey, New Jersey
Amanda Gulley
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., d/b/a Food City
Morristown, Tennessee
Roman Perez
The Fresh Market, Inc.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Tammy Sluck
Family Fare
Grayling, Michigan
Michael Peebles
Brookshire’s Grocery Company
Emory, Texas
Rita Khijakadze
SPAR Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
Chris Lawlor
Eurospar Wallace Village/Henderson Retail
Lisburn, United Kingdom
Manfredo Tabor
SPAR Gourmet 'am Fleischmarkt'
Wien, Austria
Alex Spurlock
QFC - The Kroger Co.
Redmond, Washington
Adam Thao
King Soopers - The Kroger Co.
Erie, Colorado
Anthony Gentry
Brookshire Grocery Compnay
Mabank, TX
Joel White
The Kroger Co. (King Soopers-City Market)
Gunnison, CO
Ana Esther Estupiñán Rodríguez
SPAR Gran Canaria
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Anton Bredenkamp
SPAR South Africa
Hoedspruit, South Africa
Brad Holt
Food City
Crossville, TN
Delton Schafer
Albertsons Companies
Seattle, WA
Greg Glisch
Skogen's Festival Foods
Hales Corners, WI
John Fox
SPAR Northern Ireland/ Henderson Group
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
Kevin Perino
ShopRite Supermarkets Inc.
West Fall, PA
Wander Rezende
Roche Bros. Supermarkets
Mashpee, MA
Patty Kuehn
SpartanNash
Omaha, NE
Sean Conlon
Giant Food
Fredericksburg, VA
Robert Santoni
Weis Markets, Inc.
Nottingtham, MD
Dionne Martin
Giant Food
Fort Washington, MD
William Colquhoun
SPAR Scotland/CJ Lang Company
Abronhill, Scotland
Stephanie Wright
Monadnock Food Co-Op
Keene, NH
Scott Christi
Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Co.
West Roxbury, MA
Robin Olshenske
Food Lion, LLC
Myrtle Beach, SC
Rob Vassar
Meijer, Inc.
Stevensville, MI
Raymond Stockard
K-VA-T Food Stores d/b/a Food City
Kingsport, TN
Jose Marroquin
Inserra Supermarkets ShopRite
New Milford, NJ
Dawn Haig
Save-On-Foods
Chilliwack, B.C. (Canada)
Brandon Welch
Brookshire Grocery Company
Monroe, LA
William Randall
Giant Food
Falls Church, Va.
Donna Maxwell
Harris Teeter, LLC
California, Md.
Keith Buswell
Skogen's Festival Foods Company
Onalaska, Wis.
John Salcito
ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Malene Hansen
SPAR International
Haderup, Denmark
Hugh "Rusty" Rollins
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Athens, Tenn.
John Spaulding
Meijer Company
Marquette, Mich.
Brandon Lampkin
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Omaha, Neb.
Morris Lewis
Brookshire Grocery Co.
New Iberia, La.
Katie Swenson
Lund Food Holdings, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Jim Grochowalski
Martin’s Super Markets
Stevensville, MI
Raymond Brown
Kroger, Vine Street Store
Cincinnati, OH
Joseph Stephens
Brookshire Grocery Co.
Kilgore, TX
Captain Raymond Mashudu Mutangwa
SPAR Thohoyandou, Superfecta Trading
Mutsindo, South Africa
Minesh Patel
Meijer
St. Charles, IL
Jen Book
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Altoona, Iowa
Aric W. Reicks
Fareway Stores, Inc.
Boone, Iowa
Gary Cottingham
The GIANT Company
Chambersburg, PA
Michael Siakpere
Skogen’s Festival Foods
Eau Claire, WI
Kaitlyn Lester
Lunds & Byerlys
Eagan, MN
Lori Hodgkinson
ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc.
Croton-On-Hudson, New York
Marjana Ješe Zuka
Spar Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Niki Scott
Sobeys
Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador
Jeff Kramm
Lunds & Byerlys
Wayzata, Minnesota
Henry Samaniego
Meijer, Inc.
Hudsonville, Michigan
Bruce Yeo
Fry’s Food Stores
Chandler, Arizona
Tim Collins
K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
Pikeville, Kentucky
Ray Jackson
Brookshire Grocery Company
Hallsville, Texas
Tom Slott
Martin’s Super Markets, Inc.
Granger, Indiana
Brian McMillan
GIANT Food Stores
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
John Snavely
Food 4 Less, The Kroger Co.
Coachella, California
Clive Gould
SPAR Glenacres
Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Sally Angulo
Fry’s Food Stores, The Kroger Co.
Phoenix, Arizona
Ricky Myers
D&W Fresh Market, SpartanNash
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gary Casterline
ShopRite of Hunterdon County
Phillipsburg, NJ
Mitch Cochran
Food City
Cleveland, Tennessee
Joanne Walker
SPAR Northern Ireland/Henderson Group
Co.Down, N. Ireland
Pam Hudson
Dillons Food Stores, a division of the Kroger Co.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Kathy Sweigert
Giant Martin's
State College, Pennsylvania
Al Gartner
Lunds & Byerlys
Woodbury, Minnesota

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