IGA APPOINTS NEW EDITOR FOR
IGA GROCERGRAM QUARTERLY

CHICAGO, IL - IGA today announced IGA communications consultant Ashley Page has been appointed as editor of IGA’s industry trade publication, IGA Grocergram Quarterly. Page, a Chicago-based communications consultant who has worked with IGA for nearly five years and has been a frequent contributing writer for the magazine, will assume the position immediately. The magazine, which was first launched in 1926 as IGA Grocergram, is published four times a year by Greensboro, N.C.-based Pace Communications and has an industry circulation of 11,000.

“Ashley has been deeply ingrained in the communications efforts of IGA for many years, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to expand her role through IGA Grocergram Quarterly,” IGA Senior Vice President Doug Fritsch said. “With her extensive experience in the field of communications we’re certain that she will continue to improve the quality of our magazine to meet the needs of our valued members.”

Page is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in journalism and has been working toward a master’s degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. She began her career in publishing with The Dartnell Corporation, a Chicago-based publisher of work-related newsletters, books and training tools. As a communications professional she has been a regular contributor to magazines and newsletters throughout a variety of industries, and has acted as an executive consultant in corporate communications for a number of companies. In her role as a consultant for IGA she has worked with the IGA executive team to enhance corporate communication across the Alliance. She also serves as the editor of IGA’s daily e-newsletter, The Independent View.

IGA is the world’s largest voluntary supermarket network with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year. The Alliance includes over 4,000 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 36 distribution companies and more than 55 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. IGA has operations in 46 of the United States and more than 40 countries, commonwealths and territories on all six inhabited continents.