Summer’s beautiful bounty of produce is about to crop up, so here’s some inspiration for merchandising your store displays as the grapes, berries and stone fruit start flooding in.
Check out some past winners of PMG’s Produce Artist Award Series quarterly contest.
Watch: Winter 2023 PMG Winner Webinar
Brian Dey, senior merchandiser at Four Seasons Produce, Ephrata, Pa., won the cherry category of PMG’s summer 2022 contest.
Mario DePalma, produce merchandiser at S. Katzman Produce at Hunts Point Produce Market in Bronx, N.Y., was the grape category winner in PMG’s summer 2021 contest.
Rigo Vargas, produce merchandiser of Sunset Foods, Highland, Ill., won the stone fruit category in PMG’s summer 2022 contest.
Ryan Fernandes, produce manager at Longo’s Walkers Line, Burlington, Ontario, won the berry category of PMG’s spring 2022 contest.
Jonathan Charlton, category merchandiser of UNFI Produce, Logan, N.J., won the grape category in PMG’s summer 2022 contest.
But spring is not officially over, and we want to see your produce displays in our spring 2023 contest of PMG’s Produce Artist Award Series.
If not you, encourage your team, colleague or customer to show us what they got. The contest is for produce merchandisers, specialists and managers, and the photos must reflect the work of their current role.
What do I win?
You get to be the topic of discussion in the Winner Webinar, where the judges discuss why your display is awesome. Your display photos will be featured in stories online, in print and on social media, with your name and company getting all the credit.
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Winners of the Best Produce Manager and Best Produce Merchandiser/Specialist awards get a variety of prizes mailed to them. Yes, prizes!
And: You get allll the bragging rights.
How do I enter the contest?
Send us six to 10 photos (high-resolution so they’re not pixelated/blurry for us) of your spring produce, along with your name, job title, company and city/state/country. To enter the Spring 2023 Produce Artist Awards contest, send it to artists@producemarketguide.com by June 9.
Categories include: Produce Manager, Produce Merchandiser/Specialist, Mangoes, Vidalia Onions, Berries, Melons and Sweet Corn.
