2021 Remarkable Independents

2021 Remarkable Independents

Kari Manze

I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with a cross-functional team of experts to help bring delightful desserts to life for our customers. The most rewarding aspect of my job is seeing a new dessert on our customers’ bakery shelves that is grounded in consumer insights and crafted with care from our bakeries.

2021 Remarkable Independents

Market Wagon

Launched in 2016, Market Wagon offers consumers the chance to buy directly from a range of local producers—no subscription, contract or membership required.

Founder and owner Danielle Vogel has made deliberate choices about the kind of experience she wants to ensure for customers and employees amid COVID.

Bold, deliberate and consistent define Raley’s actions throughout 2020.

Oliver’s Market knows its sweet spot: providing a wide assortment of products—more than 6,000, in fact—from in-county growers and manufacturers.

The Ann Arbor, Mich., institution is most known for its sandwiches and high-quality meats.

Subziwalla, an online specialty food merchant that currently delivers to residences in the metro-Atlanta area, is fulfilling a demand for authentic Indian ingredients.

Recognizing the struggles of the restaurant industry, HAC made a decision early in the pandemic to partner with local restaurants and sell their meals in its deli cases, with 100% of the money going back to those establishments.

Service lies at the heart of Festival Foods’ values, allowing the family- and employee-owned retailer of 33 stores in Wisconsin to deliver on a culture of excellence for the past 75 years.

Natural grocer Alfalfa’s Market isn’t just selling produce, it’s “selling beauty,” says Director of Produce Claris Ritter.

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