Indiana’s Kyle Perry Crowned Best Grocery Bagger in America at 2010 Best Bagger Championship Presented by ConAgra Foods
February 11 2010 - 11:32PM
Business Wire
Kyle Perry, 19, from Osceola, Ind. won the title of Best Bagger
Champion at this year’s National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) Best
Bagger Championship presented by ConAgra Foods. Perry squeezed out
a victory over four other semifinalists and 23 total finalists to
win the event.
“Supermarket Guru” Phil Lempert served as emcee of the bagging
showdown at the Paris Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon, where
baggers from around the country were rated on speed, bag-building
technique, weight distribution between bags, style, attitude and
appearance. Perry not only claims the “bagging rights,” he also
took home a $10,000 prize and the coveted “Golden Grocery Bag”
trophy.
“I never thought bagging groceries could end up being this big
of a deal,” Perry said. He said he plans to buy new tires for his
car and put the rest of the prize money toward his college
tuition.
Perry beat out Danny Goodwin of Georgia, who claimed 2nd place
and a $5,000 prize. Other top finishers included: Andrew Hadlock
representing Utah; David Williams of Kentucky; and the only female
top finisher, Arcola Pointer from New York, all of whom took home
$1,000 for their efforts. ConAgra Foods increased the prize pool
for the winners in this year’s competition.
Twenty three states were represented at this year’s Best Bagger
Championship, a group that N.G.A. President Frank DiPasquale says
was representative of the collective spirit and work ethic of the
baggers across the country.
“With this competition, we aim to celebrate the bagger and the
Independent Grocer. Watching the baggers compete with such
enthusiasm, year after year, continues to reaffirm their
commitments to this industry,” said DiPasquale.
N.G.A. is the national trade association representing the retail
and wholesale grocers that comprise the independent sector of the
food distribution industry. An independent retailer is a privately
owned or controlled food retail company operating a variety of
formats. Most independent operators are serviced by wholesale
distributors, while others may be partially or fully
self-distributing. Some are publicly traded but with controlling
shares held by the family and others are employee owned.
Independents are the true “entrepreneurs” of the grocery industry
and dedicated to their customers, associates, and communities.
N.G.A. members include retail and wholesale grocers, state grocers
associations, as well as manufacturers and service suppliers. For
more information about N.G.A. and the independent sector of the
industry, see the N.G.A. website: www.NationalGrocers.org.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America’s
leading food companies, with brands in 97 percent of America’s
households. Consumers find Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters,
Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt’s, Marie Callender’s, Orville
Redenbacher’s, PAM, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip and many ConAgra Foods
brands in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise and club stores.
ConAgra Foods also has a strong business-to-business presence,
supplying potato, other vegetable, spice and grain products to a
variety of well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and
commercial customers. For more information, please visit the
ConAgra Foods website at www.conagrafoods.com.
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