Award Offered Throughout Opening Session of NGA Present in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV – The Nationwide Grocers Affiliation (NGA), the commerce affiliation representing the impartial grocery store trade, offered the distinguished Peter J. Larkin Award for Group Service to Walt Churchill’s Market final night time at The NGA Present.
The Peter J. Larkin Award for Group Service honors impartial grocers who exemplify distinctive dedication to group engagement and repair.
For greater than 100 years, Walt Churchill’s Market (WCM) has served as a trusted neighborhood grocer whereas making group service a core a part of its mission. Working two shops and now proudly employee-owned, WCM has constructed a legacy rooted in generosity, civic management, and significant native partnerships.
A cornerstone of WCM’s group impression is its ongoing dedication to preventing starvation. The corporate usually donates recent meals to native meals banks to assist guarantee households in want have entry to nutritious meals. Its signature Stuff the Truck Meals Drive, which engages each prospects and group members, advantages the Seagate Meals Financial institution and is additional amplified by WCM’s contribution of a share of gross sales, considerably growing this system’s attain and impression.
WCM additionally empowers native nonprofits by means of its Group Involvement Low cost Program, partnering with 501(c)(3) organizations by offering donations and internet hosting in-store fundraising occasions corresponding to automobile washes. These initiatives create accessible fundraising alternatives whereas strengthening nonprofit visibility and help throughout the group.
“Walt Churchill’s Market’s unwavering dedication to service and group well-being demonstrates the significant impression impartial grocers make day by day on the coronary heart of their communities,” stated Greg Ferrara, NGA President & CEO. “This dedication to the group was instilled by Walt himself and continues underneath his watchful eye by means of the subsequent era of worker homeowners. NGA proudly congratulates Walt Churchill’s Market on this well-deserved recognition.”
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In regards to the Nationwide Grocers Affiliation
NGA is the nationwide commerce affiliation representing the retail and wholesale group grocers that comprise the impartial sector of the meals distribution trade. An impartial retailer is a privately owned or managed meals retail firm working quite a lot of codecs. The impartial grocery sector is accountable for about 1.2 % of the nation’s general financial system and is accountable for producing greater than $250 billion in gross sales, 1.1 million jobs, $39 billion in wages and $36 billion in taxes. NGA members embrace retail and wholesale grocers positioned in each congressional district throughout the nation, in addition to state grocers’ associations, producers and repair suppliers.
About The NGA Present
Because the premier occasion for the impartial grocery trade, The NGA Present brings collectively grocery retailers, wholesalers, producers, and suppliers from throughout the nation for 3 days of studying, networking, and product discovery in Las Vegas. For 2026, we’re excited to host the occasion on the MGM Grand Convention Heart – permitting all attendees to collect underneath one roof for a extra related and handy expertise. Whether or not you’re launching your first retailer or main a multi-generational grocery enterprise, The NGA Present affords the insights, improvements, and relationships that assist impartial grocers thrive.
