1.Thank you for voting for the 2017 Creative Choice Outstanding Merchandiser and Marketer! Please select one winner from each question below. Feel free to refer back to the Creative Choice website: www.ngacreativechoice.com for full category winner entry information. 

If you have any questions regarding open voting or Creative Choice, feel free to contact Kristine Bender at kbender@nationalgrocers.org.

2.Please vote for the 2017 'Outstanding Marketer' from the category winners below:

Category 1: Connections through social media and digital marketing, 1 - 15 stores: Broulim's Video Campaign: Hear from Customers Like You, Broulim's Fresh Foods

Category 1: Connections through social media and digital marketing, 15+ stores: HARPS 50% Off Produce, Harps Food Stores

Category 2: Connections through TV and radio, 1 - 15 stores: Kaune's Branding Campaign, Kaune's Neighborhood Market

Category 2: Connections through TV and radio, 15+ stores: It's the Little Things, Festival Foods

Category 3: Connections through print, 1 - 15 stores: Shindigs (Holiday Recipe Guide), Newport Avenue Market

Category 3: Connections through print, 15+ stores: MORE Rewards Ad Scape in St. Cloud Times, Coborn's

Category 4: Integrated marketing campaign, 1 - 15 stores: Black Box Coffee Bar and Donuttery Grand Opening, Country Harvest

Category 4: Integrated marketing campaign, 15+ stores: Battle at Bristol Campaign, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. 

Category 5: Grand Opening or Remodel, 1 - 15 stores: Ron's Country Market Remodel, Ron's Country Market

Category 5: Grand Opening or Remodel, 15+ stores: Harvest Market Grand Opening, Niemann Foods, Inc. 

3.Please vote for the 2017 'Outstanding Merchandiser' from the category winners below:

Category 6: Single manufacturer event, 1 - 15 stores: Kids Week - "Surf's Up!" with Kemps, Chris' Food Center

Category 6: Single manufacturer event, 15+ stores: Race for the Ryder Cup, Karns Food

Category 7: Store event, 1 - 15 stores: Meet the Ranchers Store Event, Newport Avenue Market

Category 7: Store event, 15+ stores: Eat Fresh. Eat Local., Associated Retail Operations

Category 8: Public service or charitable cause event, 1 - 15 stores: WPVGA Potato Contest, Trig's (T.A. Solberg Co., Inc.)

Category 8: Public service or charitable cause event, 15+ stores: World Largest Pineapple Display, Coborn's

Category 9: Center store/GM/HBC: 1 - 15 stores: Champagne's Market & Kitchenary, Champagne's Market & Kitchenary

Category 9: Center store/GM/HBC: 15+ stores: Eat Well ad campaign, Festival Foods

Category 10: Perimeter Departments: 1 - 15 stores: Fromage Fantastique, West Seattle Thriftway

Category 10: Perimeter Departments: 15+: Birchberry Soup Program, Associated Food Stores