Top Women in Grocery

TWIG: Resilient Recruiting at Retail

While some labor crunches are easing, it's still tough out there in the hiring market. Two grocery pros share their insights for attracting and retaining staff, both for operational efficiencies and industry longevity.

How and Why HR is Empowering

Doing Good Things with Food

Susan Livingston of PCC Community Markets talks about the ways that grocers can help create equitable and ultimately successful food systems.

Behind the Scenes of TWIG

In this special TWIG Podcast episode, Progressive Grocer editors lift the curtain on the Top Women in Grocery awards program. Editor-in-Chief Gina Acosta invites Managing Editor Bridget Goldschmidt and Senior Editor Lynn Petrak to talk about everything you wanted to know about the industry’s most prestigious awards, including how to enter the competition, tips for submitting nominations and the judging process. If you’ve never submitted an entry for TWIG, or your past submissions were not chosen, you definitely don’t want to miss this special episode to help you better understand this annual program.

The Superpower of Connectivity

Elizabeth Clifton, VP of client development for the Albertsons companies account at Vestcom, shares what she's learned about breaking out of silos and connecting with people to develop growth strategies in challenging retail environments.

TWIG Podcast Episode With Hy-Vee

Hy-Vee's Tina Potthoff Talks Storytelling in Grocery.

The Power of Community in Grocery

Mary Ellen Adcock, a 2022 Top Women in Grocery Trailblazer award winner and an SVP at The Kroger Co., emphasizes the importance of people and community, both in the shoppers a store serves and within the organization.

A Trailblazer Talks Priorities

Judi Kletz, an early TWIG winner and recent TWIG Trailblazer who was a key player at Procter & Gamble, talks about the power of CPG-retailer collaboration, the mission-critical value of inclusivity and the rewards of forging new paths while taking on work with no defined path.

Progressive Grocer TWIG Podcast Episode 3 featuring Meijer VP of Fresh Lynette Ackley

The Power of Mentorship

In this Top Women in Grocery podcast from Progressive Grocer, senior editor Lynn Petrak talks with Albertsons' Rosita Szatkowska about the power of mentorship and how it fueled her own journey from deli clerk to Divisional Grocery Operations Specialist.