OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- As the presidential race heats up, the convenience-store industry has its own election this year: CSP magazine’s inaugural Category Manager of the Year polls are now open.
Between now and Feb. 19, CSP is asking suppliers to cast their votes at CSPnet.com/CategoryManagerAward to elect the c-store industry’s finest category manager.
“We launched this award program in order to properly recognize those whom many consider as the driving force behind the growth of the convenience-store industry,” said Jim Bursch, executive vice president of Convenience for Winsight LLC. “Who better to elect the winners of this prestigious award than the supplier partners who interact each and every day with the category managers?”
Finalists for this industry-first award were nominated by their supplier partners from October to December. Nominations were made based not only on bottom-line results, but also the extraordinary dedication displayed by our finalists in staying on top of trends, introducing new flavors and lines, and offering unique solutions to everyday category challenges.
The honor of Category Manager of the Year will be bestowed on one person from each of eight product categories:
- Alcohol Beverages
- Candy
- Foodservice
- General Merchandise/HBC
- OTP
- Packaged Beverages
- Snacks
- Tobacco
Winners of the Category Manager of the Year Award will be honored at a special ceremony, and will be featured in a special section of CSP’s 2016 Category Management Handbook.
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based Winsight LLC is a business-to-business media and information company specializing in the convenience-retailing, restaurant and noncommercial foodservice industries. Winsight has an extensive media portfolio including four publications, CSP, Restaurant Business, FoodService Director and Convenience Store Products; a suite of digital products including websites, e-newsletters (Restaurant Business Daily and CSP Daily News) and webinars; plus video products, mobile and tablet apps, custom marketing solutions and the convenience-retailer intelligence tool, CSPedia. The Winsight Events group produces six exclusive, large-scale executive-level conferences—Restaurant Leadership Conference, FARE Conference, Outlook Leadership, Convenience Retailing University, FSTEC and MenuDirections—in addition to more than 12 major EduNetworking conferences and advisory meetings. Winsight recently acquired Technomic, Inc., a food industry provider of primary and secondary market information and advisory services. Winsight is a recognized leader in the markets it serves.
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