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TOP "BUY ALABAMA'S BEST" RETAIL CAMPAIGNS RECOGNIZED

The 2018 Buy Alabama’s Best Retail Campaign Awards luncheon was recently held at The Club. The group is made up of the Alabama Grocers Association, the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries, and the Alabama Food Manufacturers and Producers Association. Presentations were made by Commissioner John McMillan with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries; Mrs. Ellie Taylor, President, Alabama Grocers Association; Mr. Frank D’Amico, III of BTC Wholesale Distributors and Chairman, Alabama Grocers Association; Mr. James Cochran of Buffalo Rock

Pepsi Cola and President, Alabama Food Manufacturers and Producers Association; and Dr. Kimberly Whelan, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s of Alabama. Alabama Food Manufacturers and Producers Association members, as well as retailers and wholesalers throughout the state of Alabama were also in attendance. Commissioner John McMillan with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries; Mr. James Cochran, President, Alabama Food Manufactures and Producers Association; and Mr. Frank D’Amico, III, Chairman, Alabama Grocers Association, presented Display Contest Award Certificates for 2017.

These displays featured participating Alabama food products to help consumers identify which products are headquartered, produced or manufactured in the state of Alabama. Awards were given to the following retailers: • Foodland, Gardendale, AL • Western Markets, Vestavia, AL During the year, a portion of the sales of participating Alabama food product companies along with retail sales of icons raised monies for the UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Children’s of Alabama. A check was presented to Dr. Kimberly Whelan in the amount of $47,725 for

First Place Dry Certificate Presentation.

Kris Jonczyk, Publix and James Cochran, Buffalo Rock Pepsi.

First Place Wet Certificate Presentation.

Check presentation to Childrens of Alabama.

Carolyn Smith, Red Diamond and Phillip Davis, A and R Super Markets.

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