May 2, 2022
Alexa Sobsey of Nugget Markets in West Sacramento is the reigning queen of the checkout line
Anyone who has accidentally smashed a loaf of bread or crushed a dozen eggs under a soup can at the supermarket self-checkout line knows that bagging groceries can be a frustrating organizational puzzle.
“There’s an art to it,” admits 20-year-old Alexa Sobsey of Davis, California, who in late February was crowned the 2022 Best Bagger Champion by theĀ National Grocers Association, a Washington, D.C.-based organization representing independent community grocery stores across the country. “It’s not just throwing a bunch of groceries in a bag and being the fastest. It’s not as easy as it looks.”
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