Representative Ballweg to Receive "Friend of Grocers" Award
Madison, Wisconsin (September 7, 2010) — State Representative Joan Ballweg (R- Markesan) will receive the “Friend of Grocers” award from the Wisconsin Grocers Association on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. at Pick’n Save in Ripon.
The “Friend of Grocers” award is given to legislators who score highly on the WGA’s Legislative Report Card – an extensive study of all legislators’ performance in the most recent legislative session. Lawmakers are graded according to their actions on certain issues that are especially important to the grocery industry.
“Representative Ballweg has defined herself within the Legislature as credible, thoughtful and hard-working”, said Michelle Kussow WGA’s VP of Government Affairs and Communications. She is one of the few legislators that owns and runs a business and that experience is invaluable. She has become one of the go-to legislators for that reason.”
The award will be presented to Representative Ballweg by WGA’s President and CEO Brandon Scholz and the store owner, Rob Webster. Members of the media are invited and encouraged to attend.
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The Wisconsin Grocers Association represents more than 1,000 independent grocers, retail grocery chain stores, warehouses and distributors, convenience stores, food brokers and suppliers who employ over 66,000 people and generate more than $6 billion in annual sales in Wisconsin.