The 2018 Master Merchandiser Winners

Awards were handed out at Grocery Innovations Canada on October 23, 2018 to the following retailers and suppliers. The Master Merchandiser Awards program recognizes creative merchandising in the grocery industry.

The program enables retailers and manufacturers the opportunity to stimulate purchases at the point-of-sale by building effective displays, promotions and events.

The 2018 Master Merchandiser Winners

In the Single Manufacturer category, the winner of the Small Surface Award was awarded to:

Nesters Market Woodward’s
Vancouver, BC Mike Pare and Team

Acosta Canada – Tracy Shea & Fredericka Staiger

Medium Surface:

Quality Foods
Parksville, BC – Marius Mackensen and Darcy Ginter

Coca-Cola

And the Large Surface:

Save-On Foods Orchard Plaza
Kelowna, BC – Eric Falkenberg, Malcom Robson

Coca-Cola – Matt Starkes & Ken McCaffrey

In the Multi-Manufacturer Category, the Small Surface Award was awarded to:

Sun Valley Supermarket, Toronto ON,

Jim and Vicki Bexis

Nestlé – Barb Rae
Coca-Cola – Sadikun Chowdhury
Old Dutch – Dominic Niklas

Medium Surface:

Powell’s Supermarket
Carbonear NL – Dave Powell, Craig Oates

Maple Leaf – Lloyd George
Unilever – Rob Weir

And the Large Surface:

Dessureault Your Independent Grocer
Ottawa, ON – Carl & Nathalie Dessureault, Rene Larocque

Campbell’s – Ozzie Mariani
General Mills – Gord MacMillan
Coca-Cola – John Lavern
Unilever – Todd Schroeder
Kraft Heinz – Jacques Perrier
Smuckers – Doreen Cummins

In the Themed Event Category the Small Surface Award was awarded to:

St Norbert Marketplace
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Ward Bruner & Neil Brelinski

Kraft Heinz – Lauren Bulbuck

The Medium Surface winner is:

Powell’s Supermarket
Bay Roberts, NL – Dave Powell & John Mercer

Kraft Heinz – Jeff Tessier

And the Large Surface went to:

Save-On-Foods
Richmond, BC – Leigh Yochlowitz

Campbell’s – Kim Hanbidge

In the Perimeter Display Category, the Small Surface winner is…

AG Foods
Barriere, BC – Ed Lee & Louisa Lee

Canada Bread – Eric Armstrong
Grupo Bimbo – Trevor Boudreau