FMI2012 Store Manager Awards

Join us as we recognize exceptional store managers who go above and beyond to generate sales growth, provide great customer service, lead outstanding store teams and serve the community in unique ways. Nine finalists will be honored and three winners named during the FMI SPEAKS presentation.

Here were the top three Grand Prize Winners and six finalists in 2012.

Grand Prize Winners: 

Category A

Mike Jacob
Store Manager at ShopRite of Hunterdon County in Flemington, NJ for 16 years.

Category B

Lee Lucero
Store Manager at King Soopers #29 in Denver, CO for five years, and serving since 1980.

Category C

Ted Boyd
Store Manager of Bi-Lo 553 in Greenwood, SC for nine years and serving multiple locations for more than 17 years.

Finalists: 

Category A

Robert McClure
Store Manager at E.W. James & Sons in Union City, TN for 14 years and a 25-year company veteran.

Tomonori Saito
Store Manager at Jois Co., Lid. In Morioka, Iwate, Japan (member of New Supermarket Association of Japan) for two years.

Category B

Amy Berry
Store Manager for D+W Fresh Market (owned by Spartan Stores) in Williamston, MI for three years.

Shannon Kulback
Store Manager for Meijer Store #177 in Washington Township, MI for almost five years, and with Meijer since 1997.

Category C

Robbie Child
Store Manager for Harris Teeter Store #320 in Williamsburg, VA for more than two years.

Wes Snook
Store Manager for Hy-Vee Ankeny, IA for more than three years and joined the company in 1973.

View winners in our Photo Gallery.