Food Lion recognizes outstanding store manager

SALISBURY, N.C. The Food Lion Family of Banners and Bottom Dollar Food recently recognized Emory Turner as the recipient of the 2009 Store Manager Excellence Award. Turner, who is the store manager of the Harveys Supermarket located at 246 South Main St., in Reidsville, Ga., was selected from a group of seven other divisional winners.

"This award is truly an honor," said Turner. "I am grateful to be recognized along with this admirable group of store managers and appreciate all of the hard work and dedication put forth by our great team at the store in Reidsville and by the Harveys banner team." 

Turner has been a Harveys team member and store manager for 10 years. He was named the divisional winner for the Harveys banner in the 2008 Store Manager Excellence Awards.

"Emory is the epitome of a great store manager," said Tom Robinson, Harveys VP and chief operating officer. "He is a leader amongst his peers and exemplifies the traits that Harveys is known for. Emory is a humble man, who loves what he does and I could not be prouder of him. His legacy at Harveys will be his years of training others, his flair for localized merchandising and his commitment to the people in the community he works and lives in."

The Store Manager Excellence Award selection includes nine areas of focus, including associate development, leadership, strategic decision-making, cross-organizational collaboration and teamwork, executional excellence, extraordinary results, great customer experiences, community involvement and diversity and inclusion.