Improve your Monday by watching the big reveal of winners at the live webinar for the 2021 Fall Produce Artist Award Series at 2 p.m. Central Time, Dec. 13.
You can register here to attend the free virtual event, one of four events a year, sponsored by Sage Fruit.
Find out who wins in these categories:
- Produce merchandiser
- Produce manager or specialist
- Apple display
- Pear display
- Sweet potato display
- Hard squash display
- Pumpkin display
The series judges will be:
- Mike O'Brien, president of O'Brien Innovations, former vice president of produce for Schnuck Markets, and 2004 Produce Retailer of the Year;
- Joe Watson, vice president of membership and engagement for Produce Marketing Association, former director of produce and floral for Rouses Markets, and 2014 Produce Retailer of the Year; and
- Armand Lobato, longtime produce retail professional and columnist for The Packer and PMG.
O'Brien and Watson will share their insights on the winning picks at the webinar.
Logo courtesy Sage Fruit
WATCH: Produce Artist Award Series Fall 2020 Results Webinar — PMG highlighted work from more than four dozen merchandisers and produce managers in the Produce Artist Award Series Fall 2020 Results Webinar.
WATCH: Produce Artist Award Series Summer 2020 Results Webinar — “I just want to congratulate everyone,” Watson said at the conclusion of the webinar. “This was a very difficult task ... It was a lot of great entries there. You can tell there's a lot of great merchants out there doing a lot of wonderful things to continue to grow sales in their stores.”