Circulation Federation Tony Mineart Newspaper Merchandiser of the Year Awards

Nominations Now Open Year-Round! Download a form and submit your latest retail partnership for 2008 Merchandiser of the Year Awards.

NAA renamed the award “The Tony Mineart Merchandiser of the Year Award” to recognize Mineart’s dedication to the newspaper industry, as well as his leadership in fostering expertise in newspaper merchandising and growing readership. Mineart helped conceive and launch the award in 2001.

The Tony Mineart Newspaper Merchandiser of the Year awards honor retailers who have demonstrated a long-term cooperative effort to sell and market newspapers in their stores and who model the industry’s cutting-edge approach to single-copy promotions. Judges look for retailers who are open to ideas such as co-promotions, newspaper-specific promotions or, in general, the retailer who does the best overall and ongoing job of promoting newspapers in their stores. These awards are given annually to retailers from the following categories: convenience stores, grocery stores, drug stores, mass merchandisers and restaurants and other non-traditional retail outlets. The NAA Circulation Federation Awards Committee reviews these nominations and selects the final winners. All nominations submitted by November 12, 2007 will be included in the 2008 Tony Mineart Merchandiser of the Year Awards judging.

Past winners:

• 2007 Tony Mineart Merchandiser of the Year Awards
  Best Public Service : Walgreens, Drugstore, San Francisco Chronicle, Patrick Carbullido, retail account manager
  Best Merchandising: BP, Convenience Store, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jennifer Morrow, circulation category manager
  Best Promotion : Hess Express, Convenience Store, The ( Charleston , S.C.) Post & Courier, Jennifer Davidson, retail sales coordinator
  Best Partnership : Publix, Grocery Store, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jennifer Morrow, circulation category manager
  Best Innovation : Movie Gallery, Other/Non-Traditional
• 2005 Merchandiser of the Year Awards
  Convenience Stores: Exxon, nominated by The Houston Chronicle, Sherry Cousins
   Grocery Stores: Jewel-Osco, nominated by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jeff Sewell
   Drug Stores: Walgreens, nominated by Hartford Courant, Houston Chronicle, Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle, Danvers, Mass.; Orlando Sentinel, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.; and San Francisco Chronicle.
   Mass Merchandiser: Wal-Mart, nominated by Visalia (Calif.) Times Delta, Angie Hauser
   Restaurants: Kazi Foods Corp., nominated by The Honolulu Advertiser, Michael Cusato
• 2004 Merchandiser of the Year Awards
  Best Overall Merchandiser of the Year: Giant Eagle Markets Inc., Pittsburgh
  Regional/National Merchandiser of the Year: Safeway Inc., Denver
  Local Merchandiser of the Year: Englefield Oil Company, Newark, Ohio
• 2003
  Best Overall Merchandiser of the Year: Albertson’s, Boise, Idaho
  Regional/National Merchandiser of the Year: Kroger’s, Cincinnati,
  Local Merchandiser of the Year: Hi-Noon Petroleum/Noon’s Food Stores, Missoula, Mont.,