On May 2, approximately 300 retailers, vendors and students attended the Niagara University Food Marketing Center of Excellence’s 2019 Innovation Summit at the Hyatt Regency in Buffalo, NY. Food World’s Jeff Metzger (r) was the moderator of an executive panel discussion that featured (l-r) Frank Curci, CEO and chairman of Tops Markets; Jim Dorey, president of Price Rite Marketplace; Kurt Schertle, COO of Weis Markets; Ian Prisuta, chief strategy officer for Giant Eagle; and, not pictured, Mike DeCory, VP of gr4ocery, dairy and frozen for Wegmans Food Markets.
Wegmans Markets made its Hampton Roads, VA debut April 28, opening a 113,000 square-foot store in Virginia Beach. Welcoming shoppers to the company’s 99th store overall and its 12th in Virginia, are Wegmans’ (l-r) regional manager for Virginia Blaine Forkell, store manager Mike Coyle, president and CEO Colleen Wegman and chairman Danny Wegman.
Maryland Food Bank (MFB) recently commemorated its 40-year anniversary with a community HEART — Healthy Eats Are Really Tasty — Market at City of Refuge, one of MFB’s most dedicated network partners. To mark this milestone anniversary, Giant Food presented a check for a Lead Gift of $250,000 which will expand their support for the food bank this year. At the check presentation photo from the event are (l-r) Laura Urban, vice president giving for MFB; Felis Andrade, director of external affairs, Giant Food; Carmen Del Guercio, president and CEO of MFB; Allan Noonan, M.D., MPH (retired), MFB board member; and Meg Kimmel, MFB’s executive vice president of programs and external affairs.
