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Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon

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October 27, 2021 10:00 a.m.

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Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon Agenda

Welcome Attendees

Ellie Smotherman Taylor President, Alabama Grocers Association Opening Remarks/Master of Ceremonies Jimmy Wright, Wright’s Market Committee Chairman, Alabama’s Food Industry Finest

Guest Speakers

Governor Kay Ivey Robert Graybill, FMS Solutions

Lunch Year Award Presentations

Jimmy Wright, Wright’s Market Committee Chairman, Alabama’s Food Industry Finest

Great Seal Sponsors Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. Mitchell Grocery Corporation Publix Super Markets, Inc. Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. United Johnson Brothers of Alabama Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon Sponsorships (as of october 11, 2021)

State Flag Sponsors Advantage Solutions/Pictsweet Alabama Power Company Associated Grocers of the South Coat of Arms Sponsors Associated Wholesale Grocers BTC Wholesale Distributors Byars | Wright Federated Insurance Flowers Baking Company Gateway Foods UNFI

Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon Governor Kay Ivey State of Alabama

Growing up in the small town of Camden in Wilcox County, Ala- bama, and working on her father’s farm taught Kay Ivey to value hard work and living within one’s means. Her parents instilled values of faith, family, and community. After graduating from Auburn University in 1967, Kay worked as a high school teacher and a bank officer. She served as Reading Clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives under Speaker Joseph C. McCorquodale and was Assistant Director of the Alabama Develop- ment Office, where she worked to spur job creation and economic development across the state. In 2002, Kay became the first Republican elected State Treasurer since

Reconstruction and she was re-elected in 2006. As Treasurer, Kay was committed to making the office more open, transparent, and efficient. Kay was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2010, becoming the first Republican woman to hold the office in Alabama’s history. She again made history on November 4, 2014, by becoming the first Republican Lieutenant Governor re-elected to the office. The Lieutenant Governor’s primary Constitutional duty is to preside over legislative proceedings of the upper house as President of the Senate. Kay has been honored to receive numerous awards for her service to the State of Alabama, including the 2015 ALFA Service to Agriculture Award, Newmax’s 50 Most Influential Female Republicans in the country and, most recently, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2016 Public Service Award; 2017 Citizen of the Year, by River Region Living Magazine. In September 2019, the Alabama-Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America distinguished Governor Ivey as a Golden Eagle for her ‘scout like service’ and being a trailblazer for women. On April 10, 2017, Kay was sworn in as the 54th Governor of the State of Alabama in the Old Senate Chamber in the Alabama State Capitol by Acting Chief Justice Lyn Stuart. Following a successful nineteen months in office, the people of Alabama made history again in November 2018 by electing Governor Ivey to a full term. She is the first Lt. Governor of Alabama elected to a full term after taking over as governor due to a vacancy in the governor’s office. On January 14, 2019, Governor Ivey was officially sworn in for her full term by Associate Justice Will Sellers. Kay will continue to bring conservative leadership with effective results to make this genera- tion more productive and the next generation more prosperous. She is a member of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery, the Montgomery Rotary Club, and the Board of Directors of the Montgomery YMCA. Kay is also the first Girls State alumnus to be elected to an Alabama Constitutional Office.

Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon Robert Graybill President & CEO, FMS Solutions

Robert Graybill joined FMS in 2000 and has over 25 years of experience in the retail grocery industry. Currently, Mr. Graybill leads the FMS team in meeting their goal of helping retailers to succeed through benchmarking, best practices, and decision support. Mr. Graybill spent 9 years working with A&P serving in various positions including, Director of Pricing, Group Accounting Manager, Inventory Control Manager, and store operations. Prior to joining A&P, Mr. Graybill worked for a

local independent grocer in the Baltimore market. He has authored the FMS/N.G.A. Independent Grocers Survey and FMI’s Annual Financial Review for the past four years. He has also served as a speaker at the N.G.A. Financial Symposium, N.G.A.’s annual conferences, FMI’s International Food Show, FMI Audit and Loss Prevention Program, FMI Future Connect, Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, and various state association food shows. In addition, he has taught at the IGA Coca-Cola Institutes Supermarket Management Program which serves both domestic and international retailers and Presented at MIDA in Puerto Rico. Mr. Graybill holds an MBA from the Executive Program at Loyola University Maryland and has completed the N.G.A. Executive Management Program at Cornell University. He previously served on the Accounting Advisory Board at the University of Baltimore and currently on the Deans Advisory Board at the Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore and the Parents Advisory Board at Babson College.

United - Johnson Brothers of Alabama Proudly Supporting The Alabama Grocers Association

For Over 15 Years

S ERVING ALL 67 COUNTIES

Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon AGA Officers

Chairman Harold Garrett

Vice Chairman Bob Crawford

Gateway Foodland

United Johnson Brothers

Treasurer Jay Mitchell

Sgt-At-Arms

Bo Taylor

Mitchell Grocery Corp.

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. UNITED, Inc.

Secretary

Imm. Past Chairman

James Cochran

Frank D’Amico, III

Buffalo Rock - Pepsi

BTC Wholesale

Distributors

President Ellie Taylor

Past Chairman Peter V. Gregerson, Jr.

Alabama Grocers Association

Gregerson Foods

AGA Vice Presidents Jack Carlile UNFI Bill Davis A&R Super Markets, Inc.

Wade Payne Food Giant, Inc.

Tom Sayers Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Jimmy Wright Wright’s Market

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Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon AGA Directors Naseem Aljouny Piggly Wiggly of Birmingham Stan Alexander Associated Grocers of the South Danny Babb Associated Wholesale Grocers Paul Burnett Byars|Wright Kirk Clark Mitchell Grocery Corporation Chris Crosby UTZ Quality Foods Golden Flake Gerry D’Alessandro Fourth Avenue Supermarkets Kevin Gillespie Kelley Foods Ben E. Keith Company Lucy Greer Autry Greer & Son’s Kenneth Jones Rouses Enterprises Jerry McCann Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distributing Co. Eddy Quinley Advantage Solutions

Greg Rains Alabama Crown Distributing Lynn Rushing

SE Grocers/Winn Dixie Manny Shoemaker Country Delite DFA Dairy Brands Alison Steineker Alabama Power Company Cliff Thomas Campbell Snacks Charles Weathington UNFI Chris Woods Retail Data Systems - Mid South

AGA Ex-Officios

Mac Otts Autry Greer & Son’s

John Wilson Super Foods Supermarkets

AGA Staff

Patrick McWhorter Legislative Representative

Katie Hunt Membership Communications

Jessica Brown Event Coordinator

Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon 2021 Retailer of the Year

Mr. Bill Davis A&R Super Markets, Inc.

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Alabama’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon 2021 Vendor of the Year

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