Top Women In Store Brands

At TreeHouse Foods, Jill Truitt sets her employees up to succeed — so the customer wins

When it comes to serving her customers, nothing gets in the way of Great Lakes Cheese's Lisa Schechterman

Retailer's senior manager of product development honored for research and development, and quality assurance

Winner of this year's Sparkplug Award has quickly made a noticeable impact on her company and the industry

The women being honored this year are diligent, industrious, committed and conscientious, among other superlatives that could be used to describe them

The 2018 Top Women in Store Brands aren’t just top women in their profession, they are top professionals in their profession

Each year, Store Brands and Women Impacting Store Brand Excellence (WISE), a professional development organization, solicit nominations from the private brand industry to identify and honor a select few of these women through the Top Women in Store Brands program, which was created to provide well-deserved recognition for female professionals who have achieved exceptional success and bring a passion for store brands to their day-to-day activities. This year’s categories of recognition include seven functional expertise areas: innovation; marketing/merchandising; operations; research and development/quality assurance; human resources/information services; supply chain/procurement; and sales. There are also two lifetime achievement awards given to women who have achieved impressive professional and personal accomplishments during their impactful careers in the private brands industry. The award winners will be recognized during WISE’s annual meeting and luncheon on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. The event coincides with the opening day of the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s Private Label Trade Show. For more information about the meeting, visit http://womeninstorebrands.com.

Albertsons’ Cota and Lassonde Pappas’ Giryluk honored for Lifetime Achievement