Ken Wicker
Festival Foods will welcome Ken Wicker to its senior leadership team on Feb. 8 as SVP of fresh foods. Wicker spent 30 years with Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket, and Winn-Dixie grocery stores. Most recently, he was SVP of fresh foods for Southeastern, and he also worked for four years as regional VP of Harvey’s Supermarket, a subsidiary of Southeastern.
“Ken brings great passion to fresh foods, and we are excited about his vast experience in other areas of grocery leadership,” said Randy Munns, Festival Foods’ EVP and COO.
Wicker started his career serving customers, working as a meat clerk, produce manager and store manager. He later held store support roles in loss prevention and labor management, and as regional fresh foods manager, category manager fresh meat, district manager, director of store operations, and director of meat and seafood.
Festival Foods Turkey Trot hits milestone $3.28 million raised
December 22, 2020 11:41 AM Site staff
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WKBT) The Festival Foods Turkey Trot has raised $3.28 million for charity since it began in 2008, with $360,000 coming in this year’s virtual event when 20,000 participants ran on their own.
Organizers of the 13th annual Festival Foods Turkey Trot hoped to hit the milestone $3 million raised, but were surprised by how much it was surpassed.
“We are thrilled that so many people came out to support the event and that our sponsors continued their contributions as well,” said Brian Stenzel, senior director of community involvement for Festival Foods. “Our theme was #KeepTheTraditionAlive,and our participants and sponsors definitely did just that.”