TREVOR BOROWIAK NAMED IGA'S 2003 INTERNATIONAL RETAILER OF THE YEAR

CHICAGO, IL – Trevor Borowiak, owner of nine IGA Supermarkets in Southern Ill., has been named one of seven IGA 2003 International Retailers of the Year.

Borowiak was chosen for the annual award from the 4,400 IGA Retailers worldwide. A committee of Food Industry experts selected Borowiak based on his exceptional performance in areas ranging from leadership and innovation to hometown involvement and employee development. He was honored at IGA's 2003 International Retailers of the Year Awards Dinner Ceremony, held on Tuesday evening, March 11, during the 2003 IGA Global Summit in Palm Springs , Calif.

"Trevor Borowiak has been a dominant force in the IGA Family for years," said Dr. Thomas Haggai, chairman and CEO of IGA. "His work to strengthen the power of the IGA Banner is legendary. Known to his local media as "Mr. IGA," there is no doubt that Borowiak exemplifies the spirit of Hometown Proud. I'm proud to call Trevor Borowiak an IGA International Retailer of the Year."

Since joining IGA in 1992, Borowiak has purchased nine struggling grocery stores, converting each of them to the IGA banner. Today all nine stores are profitable, and provide stable jobs for 400 people in Southern Illinois . 

"In the years that I have been associated with IGA and SUPERVALU, I have had the benefit and blessing of working with and supporting countless entrepreneurs and outstanding families in the food industry," Borowiak said. "Without their help, I could have never become the success that I am today, nor could I have won this prestigious award."

IGA, the only global supermarketer based in the United States , is the world's largest voluntary supermarket network with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year. The Alliance includes more than 4,400 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 37 distribution companies and more than 55 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. IGA ranks in the top 10 in world food supermarketing. IGA has operations in 48 states and 44 countries, commonwealths and territories on all six inhabited continents.