IGA Honors Four 2009 International Retailers of the Year

Author: IGA News

March 17, 2009

Chicago, IL - Four IGA 2009 International Retailers of the Year were honored at the 2009 IGA Global Summit Awards Gala, held in Sydney, Australia on March 15. The four winners – from Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, and the United States – were chosen as representatives of their countries to receive IGA’s top retail honors from the more than 4,000 IGA Retailers worldwide. Though the selection process varied from country to country, these four retailers were chosen for having achieved exemplary excellence in retailing and advancement of the IGA Brand as determined by IGA’s globally applied standards.

The retailers chosen for IGA’s most prestigious retailing award are:

IGA USA International Retailer of the Year
Rick Stewart

Susanville Supermarket IGA

Susanville, Calif.

C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. – California Division

IGA Australia International Retailer of the Year
Joseph Romeo

Mitcham Foodland IGA

Mitcham, South Australia

IGA>D Western Australia Division

IGA Canada International Retailer of the Year

Kevin Kothlow

Marketplace IGA #121

Winfield, British Columbia

H.Y. Louie Co. Limited

IGA Caribbean International Retailer of the Year
Hassan Hadeed

Real Value Supermarket IGA

St. George, Grenada

SUPERVALU INC. – Southeast Region – Quincy Division

“Only through our retailers’ dedication to building the strength of the IGA Brand and providing the best possible service to customers around the world can IGA’s global reach continue to advance,” IGA Global CEO Dr. Thomas Haggai said. “These four International Retailers of the Year took home IGA’s top retailing honors because they exemplified this dedication and commitment in everything they do. We are honored to have them as members of our Alliance and commend them for setting such an incredibly high standard for the retailers in each of their countries.”

IGA is the world’s largest voluntary supermarket network with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year. The Alliance includes nearly 4,000 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 36 distribution companies and more than 55 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. IGA has operations in 46 of the United States and more than 40 countries, commonwealths and territories.