IGA NAMES 2004 INTERNATIONAL RETAILERS OF THE YEAR

Graham Legge to Receive Prestigious Global Award

CHICAGO, IL - IGA today announced Graham Legge of IGA Tuckerbag Moss Vale in Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, has been named one of five 2004 IGA International Retailers of the Year. Legge was chosen for the annual award from the 4,400 IGA Retailers worldwide. A committee of IGA executives and food industry experts based their decisions on performance of the retailers in areas ranging from leadership and innovation to hometown involvement and employee development. Legge was honored at IGA's 2004 International Retailers of the Year Awards Dinner Ceremony held on Tuesday, March 16 at the Marriott’s Harbor Beach Resort & Spa in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

"IGA International Retailers of the Year Graham Legge represent the very best the retail world has to offer," said Dr. Thomas Haggai, chairman and CEO of IGA. "As I saw for myself on a recent trip to Austrailia, Legge can be found on the floor of his 27,000 square-foot store at virtually any moment of the day or night. His commitment to his store and the customers he serves has made IGA Tuckerbag Moss Vale not just another grocery store, but a true community center."

IGA, the only global supermarketer based in the United States, is the world’s largest voluntary supermarket network with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year. The Alliance includes more than 4,000 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 36 distribution companies and more the 55 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. IGA ranks in the top 10 in world food supermarketing. IGA has operations in 48 of the United States and more than 40 countries, commonwealths and territories on all six inhabited continents.