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
- 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.
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.”


