Tops to Receive Retail Patriot Award
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – Tops Friendly Markets, the leading full-service grocery retailer in Western New York, Central New York, including Rochester, and Northwestern Pennsylvania will be awarded with the 2009 Retail Patriot Award from Frozen and Dairy Buyer magazine. Tops is among five retailers from across the country who are being honored for going “beyond the call of duty” in support of the men and women who serve in the military.
Store officials will accept this national award during the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association’s annual convention, held in Washington, D.C. October 17 – 20.
Tops participates in many events throughout the year to help support the U.S. military on a local and national basis. Most recently, this past summer Tops was the presenting sponsor of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT), an 80 percent replica of the Vietnam Wall, and helped to bring the wall to Western New York.
Several times throughout the year Tops also sends care packages to its associates and their family members who are serving in the military, and supports local soldiers’ departures and homecomings. In addition, Tops associates take time to visit local Veterans Administration hospitals to bring gifts to injured soldiers and Tops donates gift cards to a local veteran who visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. to train disabled veterans in the art of self-defense.
“To be able to participate in events that support the men and women who are bravely defending our country, and help remember and honor those soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is an honor and a privilege,” said Frank Curci, Tops’ president and CEO. “I can not express how proud we are to be recognized for these efforts.”
e-mail from Katie McKenna, Tops
Store officials will accept this national award during the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association’s annual convention, held in Washington, D.C. October 17 – 20.
Tops participates in many events throughout the year to help support the U.S. military on a local and national basis. Most recently, this past summer Tops was the presenting sponsor of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT), an 80 percent replica of the Vietnam Wall, and helped to bring the wall to Western New York.
Several times throughout the year Tops also sends care packages to its associates and their family members who are serving in the military, and supports local soldiers’ departures and homecomings. In addition, Tops associates take time to visit local Veterans Administration hospitals to bring gifts to injured soldiers and Tops donates gift cards to a local veteran who visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. to train disabled veterans in the art of self-defense.
“To be able to participate in events that support the men and women who are bravely defending our country, and help remember and honor those soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is an honor and a privilege,” said Frank Curci, Tops’ president and CEO. “I can not express how proud we are to be recognized for these efforts.”
e-mail from Katie McKenna, Tops
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