Martin’s Super Market service
clerk places in 2009 NGA Bag Off in Las Vegas!!
Twenty-year-old Jeremy Rowe, a Martin’s Super Market service clerk, has been named fourth runner up at the National Grocers Association’s (NGA) national Bag Off competition, held in Las Vegas on February 5 at the Paris Hotel.
Rowe, a courtesy captain at Martin’s Super Market at 201 Concord Mall in Elkhart, Indiana, competed along with Joshua Bishop of the Martin’s store located at 1302 Elwood Street in South Bend, Indiana. The two were coached prior to the national competition by Paulette Collins, Martin’s training coordinator, and Maria Werder, Martin’s customer service manager.
The National Grocers Association (NGA) sanctions nationwide Bag Off contests on behalf of its membership, with a national championship awarded each year at its annual convention in Las Vegas. Baggers, or Service Clerks as they are titled, are supermarket employees whose primary responsibility is to efficiently, safely and accurately bag grocery items for customers at the checkout. A Martin’s employee was named national champion as recently as 2003.
Both Jeremy and Joshua represent the best of our already-great Martin’s team, so to have Jeremy achieve such a high ranking against national competitors is a confirmation not only of his skills, but also of as Martin’s high training standards.
Visit our YouTube channel to view video of our baggers. Click here!
Or, follow the links below:
Click here to see Jeremy bag plastic in the finals.
Click here to see Jeremy bag paper in the finals.
Click here to see Josh bag in the preliminary round.
