YEAR NAME COMPANY
1957 Cork, J. Milton Loblaw Grocetarias Co. Ltd.
1958 Sainsbury, Arthur H. A.H. Sainsbury & Co. Ltd.
1959 Huffmann, George E. Loblaw Grocetarias Co. Ltd.
1960 Weinstein, Samuel Power Supermarkets Ltd.
1961 May, Albert S. A.S. May & Co.
1961 Wallace, David W. Standard Brands
1962 Horsey, J. William Salada Foods
1963 Steinberg, Sam Steinberg's Limited
1963 Phelps, Fred N.
1964 Griffin, C.W. C.W. Griffin Ltd.
1964 Gray, W.T. St. Lawrence Starch
1964 Beebe, L.W. A & P
1965 Wiley, J.J. National Grocers Co. Ltd.
1965 Huston, B.T. Canadian Grocer
1966 Crimp, Ivor Dominion Stores Ltd.
1966 Riddell, J.A. J.A. Riddell Ltd.
1967 Bienvenu, Paul Bovil (Canada) Ltd.
1967 Juno, Frank A. Shop & Save
1967 Wharry, James G. Quaker Oats Company of Canada Ltd.
1968 Weinstein, Leon E. Loblaw Groceterias
1968 Griffiths, Frank D. F.D. Griffiths & Co. Food Brokers
1969 McCormack, Thomas G. Dominion Stores
1969 Paul Higgins Mother Parker's Foods Ltd.
1970 Clarke, Gilbert Campbell Kellogg Company of Canada Ltd.
1970 Van de Water, Edward B. Van de Water-Boyd Ltd.
1971 Kraft, Walter John Canada Safeway Ltd.
1971 Provost, Rene Provigo Inc.
1972 Brown, N. Murray Nabisco Ltd.
1972 McLean, William F. Canada Packers Ltd.
1973 Capstick, W. Frank Dominion Stores Ltd.
1973 Porter, R. Keith Unilever
1974 Kennedy, Frederick C. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Company of Canada, Ltd.
1974 Rands, F. Arnold B. Canadian Federation of Retail Grocers
1975 Shopsowitz, Sam Shopsy's Food Ltd.
1975 Poirier, Marcel General Foods Ltd.
1976 Bolton, Thomas G. Dominion Stores Ltd.
1976 Small, T. Grant Grant Small Sales Ltd.
1977 Ambler, Charles N. Charles Ambler and Associates
1977 Shore, F. Maurice Canadian Grocer
1977 Sobey, Frank H. Sobey's Stores Ltd.
1978 Levine, Jack Steinberg Inc.
1978 Pigott, Jean Morrison Lamothe Foods Ltd.
1979 Brault, Anastase A. Brault & Sons
1979 Lennie, Peter S. National Grocer Co. Ltd.
1980 Stavro, Steve A. Knob Hill Farms Ltd.
1980 Bosworth, Norman L. Canada Dry Ltd.
1981 Hurlburt, Robert S. General Foods Inc.
1981 Lowe, Robert W. Becker Milk Company Ltd.
1982 Smith, E. Llewellyn G. E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd.
1982 Roy, Gaston Provigo Inc.
1983 O'Leary, George L. Scott Paper Ltd.
1983 Dunne, William M. William M. Dunne & Associates Ltd.
1984 Toma, John C. Dominion Stores Ltd.
1984 Lang, Ted E. Carnation Company Ltd.
1985 Mossop, Edward C. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Company of Canada Ltd.
1985 Stock, Val N. Canada Packers Inc.
1986 Graham, Allister P. The Oshawa Group
1986 Smyth, Tom H.J. Heinz Company of Canada
1986 Herrick, John D. General Mills Inc.
1987 Heppell, Clarence Overwaitie Foods
1987 McCarthy, Don Beatrice Foods Inc.
1988 Currie, Richard J. Loblaw Companies Ltd.
1988 McCain, H. Harrison McCain Foods Ltd.
1988 McCain, G. Wallace F. McCain Foods Ltd.
1989 Brown, Logan R. Robin Hood Multifoods
1989 Louie, Tong H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd.
1990 Grant, Jon K. The Quaker Oats Company of Canada Ltd.
1990 Sobey, David F. Sobey's Inc.
1991 Kinnie, Robert H. Safeway Inc.
1991 Kirchmann, Neville W. Coca Cola Beverages
1992 Bussieres, Yvan Univa Inc.
1992 Clark, David C. Campbells Soup Company Ltd.
1992 Davidson, Brian Y. Loblaw Companies
1993 Hellstrom, Eric Pillsbury Canada Ltd.
1993 Scott, Charles E. George Weston Ltd.
1993 Williams, David M. Loblaw Companies Ltd.
1994 Stewart, Douglas B. Sobey's Inc.
1994 Trimble, Charles E. Oppenheimer Bros. & Co. Limited
1995 Cella, Frank Nestle Canada Inc.
1995 Lessard, Pierre H. Metro-Richelieu Inc.
1996 Piwek, Brian Overwaitea Food Group
1996 Strong, Lawrie Unilever
1997 Croteau, Pierre The Oshawa Group Ltd, Hudon et Deaudelin Ltee.
1997 Rosicki, Michael T. Nestle Foods Group
1998 Dunne, John P. A & P
1998 McLean, Archibald D. Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
1999 Gennaro, John A. Lanzarotta Wholesale Grocers Ltd.
1999 Lanzarotta, Augustine (Gus) Lanzarotta Wholesale Grocers Ltd.
1999 Lussier, Gaetan Culinar Inc.
2000 Campbell, Alex A. Thrifty Foods
2000 Condon, George H. Canadian Grocer Magazine
2000 Morton, David L. The Quaker Oats Company of Canada
2001 Hansen, Grant M. Canada Safeway Ltd.
2001 Hudson, Joseph P. Burnbrae Farms
2001 Fleischmann, George The Food and Consumer Products Manufacturers of Canada
2002 Knox, Marilyn H. Nestle Canada Inc.
2002 Krivoshen, Norman F. Federated Cooperatives Limited
2003 Ganong, David A. Ganong Bros. Limited
2003 Louie, Brandt H.Y. Louie, London Drugs
2004 Marinangeli, Michael United Grocers Inc.
2004 Noble, Bob Unilever Canada
2004 Shapiro, Daniel Loblaw Companies
2005 McEwan, Bill Sobey's Inc.
2005 Penner, Tim Procter & Gamble Inc.
2006 Longo, Anthony Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.
2006 Strauss, Christi General Mills Canada
2007 Brema, Robert J. William M. Dunne & Associates Ltd.
2007 Smith, Elaine Food & Consumer Products of Canada
2007 van der LEEST, Steve Overwaitea Food Group
2008 Schley, Ken Quality Foods
2008 Singer, Peter Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.
2009 Janes, Lem Janes Family Foods Ltd.
2009 Lovsin, Frank Freson Market Ltd.
2009 Scott, John Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
2010 Singer, Tom Reinhart Foods
2010 Sevigny, Pierre Sobey's Inc.
2011 Coleman, Frank Colemans Food Centre
2011 Donne, Philip Campbell Company of Canada

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