Topco salutes member-owners for outstanding commitment to store brands

Topco Associates LLC, Elk Grove Village, Ill., said it honored a number of its members for their outstanding commitment to store brands in 2015 during its 2016 Annual Membership Conference, which took place Feb. 24-26. The award winners include:

• SpartanNash Co.: Greatest Dollar Growth All Programs. SpartanNash showed great success by utilizing Topco’s market and category expertise to grow own brand sales, as well as joined Topco’s Aggregated Pharmacy Initiative.
• Affiliated Foods Midwest: Greatest Percentage Growth All Programs. Affiliated Foods Midwest demonstrated unparalleled growth by developing a wide array of own brand programs, including Full Circle Market, Top Care and Buckley Farms.
• Brookshire Holding Inc. Markets: Greatest Dollar Growth Center Store. Brookshire Markets’ Full Circle Market and Top Care end-cap programs drove outstanding results in 2015.
• Associated Food Stores: Greatest Percentage Growth Center Store. Associated Food Stores dedicated a team to drive and support the success of own-brand initiatives, which garnered significant growth in center store.
• Giant Eagle LLC: Greatest Dollar Growth Fresh. Giant Eagle continued its successful participation in the produce program while significantly expanding its participation in the Fresh Meat program.
• Stater Bros.: Greatest Percentage Growth Fresh. Stater Bros. grew its total fresh purchases by leveraging Topco to source case-ready beef, branded meat and produce.
• Weis Markets Inc.: Greatest Dollar Growth Value Add. Weis Markets achieved outstanding dollar growth in Topco’s Pharmacy, Indirect Spend and National Brands programs.
• Golub Corp./Price Chopper: Overall Percentage Growth Value Add. Price Chopper achieved best-in-class percentage growth across all three of Topco’s Value Add programs while leading pharmacy initiatives such as diabetes education, patient care programs and in-store clinics.
• K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.: Greatest Purchase Penetration. For the 12th year in a row, Topco presented K-VA-T Food Stores with the Greatest Purchase Penetration. K-VA-T Food Stores surpassed all members across all programs.
• Hy-Vee Inc.: Highest Purchase Volume. Hy-Vee led all members in 2015 in overall purchases for the 11th consecutive year, by increasing purchases by more than 11 percent versus last year.

In addition, Topco said it honored several members for their significant Topco anniversaries, including:

• Piggly Wiggly Midwest, LLC: 60 years
• Big Y Foods Inc.: 25 years
• Larroc Inc.: 10 years
• Centro Cuesta Nacional, C. Por A.: 10 years
• Roche Bros. Supermarkets LLC: 10 years
• Golub Corp./Price Chopper Supermarkets: 10 years