Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
The 2025 NGA Show will mark the seventeenth-year of the prestigious Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award –sponsored by FMS Solutions. The Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award was created in 2009 as a way to honor previous NGA president & CEO Tom Zaucha’s legacy to the Independent Retailer community.
AWARD CRITERIA:
The Thomas K. Zaucha Entrepreneurial Excellence Award is awarded to an independent retailer who has shown the most tangible example of persistence, vision, and creative entrepreneurship throughout the past year.
Deadline for Entry: December 12, 2024

2024 Kim Eskew, Harps Food Stores

2023 Jeff Strack, Strack & Van Til