Maryland Food Industry Council Hall of Fame
Established in 2003, the Maryland Food Industry Council Hall of Fame honors individuals, families, and businesses that have made a significant contribution to the food industry in Maryland. New members are inducted annually at the Maryland Food Industry Council Hall of Fame Breakfast every November.
List of Services
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2003
- Charles Burns, Super Pride Markets
- Izzy Cohen, Giant Food
- Angelo D’Anna, Mars Supermarkets
- Carmen D’Anna, Mars Supermarkets
- Albert Evans, Mid-Atlantic Food Dealers Association
- David Finklestein, Kluge-Finklestein
- Harold Graul, Sr., Graul’s Market
- Bernie Green, B. Green & Company, Inc
- Kenneth Herman, Shoppers Food Warehouse
- Frank Perdue, Perdue Farms
- Ben Schuster, Food-A-Rama, Inc.
- Betty Shinosky, Bel Garden Bi-Rite
- Leonard Shinosky, Bel Garden Bi-Rite
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2004
- Jack Burris, Burris Logistics
- Ray Haysbert, Parks Sausage
- Dick Hillery, Safeway, Inc.
- Shirley Howard, Children’s Cancer Foundation
- Pete Manos, Giant Food Inc.
- Dick McCready, REM Enterprises, Inc.
- Jim McKay, Fairland Market
- Marilyn McKay, Fairland Market
- John Paterakis, H&S Bakery
- Robert N. Santoni, Sr., Santoni’s Supermarket
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2005
- Victor Cohen, Eddie’s of Roland Park
- Ralph Klein, Klein’s Supermarkets
- Shirley Klein, Klein’s Supermarkets
- Edward Lauer, Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery
- Helen Lauer, Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery
- Charles P. McCormick, Jr., McCormick & Company, Inc.
- Michael J. Pastore, Pastore’s Italian Foods
- William Donald Schaefer, Maryland State Comptroller
- Barry F. Scher, Giant Food LLC
- Hanan Sibel, Chaimson Brokerage Company
- George Small, P.A. & S. Small Company
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2006
- Bill Ewing, Maryland Food Bank
- Louis Fanaroff, Magruders
- Steve Favazza, Schmidt Baking
- Elliott Friedman, Burris Logistics
- Herb Halperin, DPI Halperin
- Charles Hofmeister, Pantry Pride/Super Fresh
- Odonna Mathews, Giant Food, Inc.
- Brice Phillips, Phillips
- Shirley Phillips, Phillips
- Richard Rogers, Washington Flour
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2007
- Mitchell Berliner, Berliner Special Distributors
- Richard J. Bestany, Food World
- Lynn Brantley, Capital Area Food Bank
- Al Dobbin, Giant Food Inc.
- Lee Javitch, Giant Food Stores, Inc.
- Charles Johann, Quality Marketing Associates
- James McCracken, The Leaman Company
- Albert E. Saval, Saval Foods Corporation
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2008
- James H. Glenn, Chesapeake Randall
- Harold Graul, Jr., Graul’s Market
- Dave Herriman, Giant Food LLC
- Tom McNutt, Sr., Local 400, United Food and Commercial Workers
- Alan Warehime, Hanover Brands
- Herb Whiteside, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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2009
- Gerson Barnett, Giant Food LLC
- Tom Castleberry, Safeway Inc.
- Ralph C. Kemp, Cloverland Farms Dairy
- John Loveys, Haddon House Food Products, Inc.
- Murry Mendelson, Murry’s, Inc.
- Bill White, Shoppers Food Warehouse
- The Honorable John F. Wood, Jr., Maryland House of Delegates
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2010
- Don Bennett, Richfood Holdings Inc.
- Anthony D’Anna, Mars Supermarkets
- Paul Diamond, Food-A-Rama
- Robert Lawless, McCormick & Company, Inc.
- Tom Saquella, Maryland Retailers Association
- Roddy Smith, Schmidt Baking Company
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2011
- Bruce Bereano, The Office of Bruce C. Bereano
- Bob Burris, Burris Logistics
- Bill Hupfeldt, The Schluderberg-Kurdle Company
- Roy Marks, Food-A-Rama, Shoppers Food Warehouse
- Jeff Metzger, Best-Met Publishing
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2012
- Nancy Cohen, Eddie’s Market of Roland Park
- Sally Dickerson, Safeway, Inc.
- Ann Miller, Maryland Food Bank
- Esther Peterson, Giant Food, LLC.
- Joanne Stathes Kluge, Finklestein & Company
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2013
- Robin Bissell, ESSKAY, Inc.
- Ray Darr, UTZ Quality Food, Inc.
- Sidney Goldstein, Thunderbird Sales
- Andrew P. Klein, Klein’s ShopRite of Maryland
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2014
- Eddie Gordon, Eddie’s Market of Charles Village
- Clyde Hartlove, Schluderberg-Kurdle Meat Company (ESSKAY)
- Dave Richman, Giant Food, LLC
List of Services
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2015
- Benjamin Green, B. Green & Company, Inc
- Rob Harman, Giant Food, LLC
- Jack Landsman, UTZ Quality Food, Inc.
- John W. Schock, Financial Management Solutions (FMS)
- Jeffrie Zellmer, Maryland Retailers Association
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2016
- Ira Mendelson, Murry’s, Inc.
- Paterakis Family, H&S Bakery
- David Snider, Snider’s Supermarket
- Jerome Snider, Snider’s Supermarket
- Rikki Spector, Baltimore City Council
- Michael Warehime, Snyder’s of Hanover
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2017
- Eric Costello, Baltimore City Council
- Tom Lenkevich, Giant Food Stores, Inc.
- Stanley Pearlman, NAFCO Wholesale Seafood Distributors
- Leon F. Pinkett III, Baltimore City Council
- Catherine Pugh, Baltimore City Mayor
- Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer, Baltimore City Council
- Simmons Family, Simmons Center Market
- Travers Family, Simmons Center Marke
- Jonathan Weis, Weis Markets
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2018
- Sandy Banthem, Bel-Garden Bi-Rite Supermarket
- Elda DeVarie, EMD Food Distributor
- George Mezardash, Little George’s Trout Food Market
- Jim Perdue, Perdue Farms
- Paul Saval, Saval Foods Corporation
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2019
- John Gates, Lancaster Foods, LLC
- Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland
- Otterbein’s Bakery, Otterbein’s Bakery
- Babette Poyer, Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery
- Bernadette Snoops, Lauer’s Supermarket & Bakery
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2020
- Melvin Higgs, Little George’s Store
- Domino Sugar, ASR Group
- Steven Trout, Trout’s Supreme Seafood
- Ira Kress, Giant Food, Inc.
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2021
- Jerry Gordon, Eddie's Market of Charles Village
- McCormick & Company
- Jeppi Nut & Candy Inc.
- Food Industry Association
- Harris Teeter
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2022
- Carl Greeley
- Dave Neville, Crest Hill Bakery
- Andrew Lansman, A&L Foods
- Roseda Black Angus Farm/Old Line Cusom Meat Company
- Jim Perkins, Albertsons
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2023
- Baltimore Tea & Coffee Company
- The Honorable Delores G. Kelley
- Kurt Schertle, Weis Markets
- Phil Tulkoff, Tulkoff Food Products
- David Green & Melvin Shapiro, D&M Management
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2024
- Senator Dawn Gile
- James Streett and Michael Lazarus, Harvest Fare
- Thomas Coyle and Joseph Galiazzo, C&G Distributors
- Richard Redner, Redner's Market
- Roma Gourmet Sausage
