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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chairman’s Message __________________ 5 President’s Message ___________________ 7 Annual Show Schedule _______________ 8-9 AGA Board of Directors ___________ 10-11A Convention Chairman’s Message ____ 11B Four Star Sponsors ____________________ 13 Diamond Sponsors ____________________ 15 Platinum, Gold, & Silver Sponsors _______ 17 Business Session Speakers _________ 19-25A 2025 Food Industry Finest ____________ 24B Welcome Dinner Entertainment ______ 27A Welcome Dinner Sponsors ___________ 27B Fund the Future _______________________ 29 Chairman’s Banquet Entertainment __ 31A Chairman’s Banquet Sponsors ________ 31B AGEF Best Bagger Competition ________ 33 Exhibit Hall _________________________ 34-35 AGEF Board of Trustees ______________ 37A 2025 AGEF Clay Shoot _______________ 37B AGEF Scholarship Winners _________ 38-40A Annual Show Retail Partners __________ 43A Keep Up with All Things AGA __________43B Why Join the AGA?___________________ 45 Retailer Member Listing _____________46-59 Wholesaler Member Listing ___________ 61A Annual Show Save the Dates _________ 61B Vendor Member Listing _____________ 63-73 Annual Show App ____________________ 74 2026 Annual Show Theme ____________ 75

ADVERTISERS AGA Health & Welfare Trust _________________ 36 Alabama Crown Distributing Co. ____________ 44 Alabama Power Company _________________ 18 Associated Grocers of the South ____________ 30 Associated Wholesale Grocers ______________ 12 Autry Greer and Son’s ______________________ 42 Bevco Beverages __________________________ 60 Bimbo Bakeries USA ________________________ 58 Blue Bell Creameries ________________________ 48 Buffalo Rock/Pepsi ________________Back Cover Campbell's Snacks ________________________40B Coca-Cola Bottling Co. UNITED, Inc. ___________20 Designer Greetings _______________________ 64A Dutch Farms _______________________________ 68 Federated Insurance _______________________ 41 Flowers Bakeries ____________________________ 66 Frito-Lay ___________________________________ 26 Higginbotham Insurance ___________________25B Johnny Fleeman's Gourmet ________________ 64B Mayfield Dairy Farms _______________________ 52 Merrill Lynch _______________________________ 16 Mitchell Grocery Corporation ________________ 6 Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. _____ 14 Red Diamond ______________________________ 56 Retail Data Systems MidSouth _______________ 50 Truno ______________________________________ 28 UNFI ________________________________________ 2 United-Johnson Brothers of Alabama _________ 4 Utz Quality Foods/Golden Flake _____________ 32 Wells Enterprises, Inc ________________________ 62

The mission of the Alabama Grocers Association is to promote the growth and success of the food industry in the state of Alabama through advocacy, education, public relations, and networking.

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