The 2017 Master Merchandiser Winners

Awards were handed out at Grocery Innovations Canada 2017 on October 24, 2017 to the following retailers and suppliers. 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 2017 Master Merchandiser Winners In the Single Manufacturer category, the winner of the Small Surface Award was awarded to:
Federated Co-Op, Elk Point Elk Point, Alberta. Bob Ellacott and Team The Elk Point Team and reps Lucas Cumby and Caroline Johns from Canada Bread
Medium Surface:
Quality Foods, Parksville Parksville, British Columbia, Ken Schley, John Briuolo, Randy Henson and Team with rep Linsey McClure, from Kraft Heinz.
And the Large Surface:
Save-On-Foods #6678 – Baseline Sherwood Park, Alberta Jag Patel and Team with rep Mike Priestnall of Campbell’s


In the Multi-Manufacturer Category, the Small Surface Award was awarded to:
Fairway Market #12, Sidney, British Columbia John Shirley and Team, with reps, Robbie McDougall, Smucker Foods, and Tanis Cochin, Acosta Sales
Medium Surface:
Colemans Food Centre, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador Corey Conrad and Team with reps from Coca Cola, Kraft Heinz, Maple Leaf Foods, and PepsiCo.
And the Large Surface:
Dessureault Your Independent Grocer, Orleans, Ontario Carl & Nathalie Dessureault, Rene Larocque and Team, with reps Ozzie Mariani, Campbell’s, Nick Duhamel, Coca Cola, and Gord MacMillan, General Mills

In the Themed Event Category the Small Surface Award was awarded to:
Galleria Supermarket Thornhill, Ontario Jeffery Min, Jaeho Park, and Chris Kyunga Yu and reps, Kyle Li, Coca Cola Refreshments and Vincent Tedesco, Maple Leaf Foods
The Medium Surface winner is:
Country Grocer Esquimalt, Victoria, British Columbia, Brad Broughton and Team with reps Tom Linge, Frito Lay and Dave Wilson, PepsiCo.
And the Large Surface went to:
Sobeys Birdshill, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rob Fulton and Team with reps Diana Peterson from Nestlé, and PepsiCo.

In the Perimeter Display Category, the Small Surface winner is…
Liberty AG Foods Fruitvale, British Columbia, Dick Dar and Team and rep Dara Davidson, Saputo.
Winning Medium Surface went to:
Buy-Low Foods Langdon, Langdon, Alberta, Tim Faryna and Team working with Saputo.
And the Large Surface winner is:
Pino’s Get Fresh Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Ben Pino and Team with rep Jeff Pearce from Maple Leaf Foods, and Kraft Heinz and Weston.
Master Merchandiser in the Multi-Store Internal Contest category was won by
Colemans Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador for Medium Surface store, Daren Baker and Team with Kruger Products
And Large Surface went to:
Colemans Garden Market, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Brewer and Team with Kruger Products