N.G.A. Special Programs
Best Bagger Championship
Photos from the 2008 U.S.A. Best Bagger Championship (slideshow)

Bring Your State’s Best Bagger to: 

The 2009 National Grocers Association
U.S.A. Best Bagger Championship

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Preliminary and Final Rounds
February 5, 2009

For more information on how to hold your own Best Bagger Contest,
please contact Jennifer Brant at jbrant@nationalgrocers.org
or (703) 516-0700.

Download our How to Hold Your Own Best Bagger Contest (.pdf 727 kb)

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U.S.A. Best Bagger Championship
The U.S.A. Best Bagger Championship involved 24 state Best Bagger contest winners for this National Championship. The winners were:

Champion:

Erika Jensen, from Macey's in Utah

1st Runner Up:

Eli Ransdell, from Nugget Markets in California

2nd Runner Up:

Maria Werder, from Martin’s Super Markets in Indiana

3rd Runner Up:

Anthony Underwood, from Woods Supermarkets in Missouri

4th Runner Up:

Rebecca Courtright, from Stroudsburg ShopRite in New Jersey

Congratulations to all the winners!
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2008 U.S.A. Best Bagger Winners
Left to right: Thomas Zaucha, President and CEO, N.G.A.; Rebecca Courtright; Anthony Underwood; Maria Werder; Eli Ransdell; and Erika Jensen.
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At the Second Annual International Best Bagger Competition, hosted by NBC’s Food Critic, Phil Lempert, Canada's Champion, Gord Groves, from Quality Foods, in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, took on the newly crowned U.S.A. Best Bagger Champion Erika Jensen from Macey's in Utah. Though the contest was close, Erika Jensen became the International Best Bagger! Congratulations Erika!

International Best Baggers

Left to right: Thomas Zaucha; Gord Groves; Keith McDougall, Immediate Past Chair, CFIG; and Erika Jensen.

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