Top Women in Grocery

Top Women In Grocery Podcast: Lessons from 40 Years as an Indie

Kowalski's Markets' co-founder and owner Mary Anne Kowalski and CEO Kris Christiansen Kowalski join the TWIG podcast to talk about the 40 year legacy of the Twin Cities Grocer and how family intertwines with their family of customers.

A Fireside Chat on Holiday Trends

Circana's Joan Driggs and Tops Friendly Markets' Kristen Hanson join the podcast to talk all about holiday trends and ways to meet shopper needs in another unusual year.

TWIG Podcast: More Women in STEM

Odile Ducatez from Retail Business Services joins the podcast to discuss the importance of an international perspective, hiring the right talent, women in STEM and more.

TWIG Podcast: Improving Efficiency

Newly minted TWIG winner Larissa Lewis joins the podcast to talk about improving structure and efficiency within her teams, employee career development, advice for emerging women leaders, and more.

Top Women In Grocery Podcast: Talking Business with a TWIG Hall of Famer

Suzanne Long, chief sustainability and transformation officer at Albertsons Cos. and TWIG Hall of Famer, discusses her unconventional career trajectory, the importance of grocery sustainability initiatives, the many facets of mentorship and more.

Where STEM and Grocery Meet

2023 Top Women in Grocery winner Brindha Raman joins the TWIG podcast to talk about how the grocery industry is a dynamic place to explore a career in STEM. She is vice president of engineering at Shipt, where she is also known for her mentorship.

Empowering Entrepreneurship

Jilea Hemmings, co-founder and CEO of Nourish + Bloom Market in Fayettevile, Ga., talks about how she and co-founder Jamie Hemmings combined their tech skills and passion for food security into a unique, scalable and relevant business model. In this podcast, she talks about the approach of using autonomous grocery technology to tackle food insecurity and lessons she's learned from entrepreneurship.

Top Women In Grocery Podcast: Embracing Communities

Jessica Groves, community impact manager at The GIANT Company, talks with Progressive Grocer about the company's environmental stewardship, the power of partnerships, giving back to the communities it serves and more.

Top Women In Grocery Podcast: Merchandising with Purpose

Progressive Grocer goes out in the virtual field with Alyssa Vescio, SVP of merchandising, center store at Whole Foods Market, to learn about her passion for finding and sharing suppliers that reflect the company’s purpose and its shoppers' needs and tastes.

Top Women In Grocery Podcast: The Non-Food Side of Food Retailing

Thrive Market's Christine McNerney talks about why she was drawn to merchandising, consumer trends in non-food products and more.