MELROSE PARK, Ill., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating precision
teamwork and superior customer service skills, 12 Jewel Food Store checkout
teams will battle for a trip to Las Vegas and a chance to win $2500 cash when
they compete in the company's service challenge championships on Saturday,
Oct. 17.
The service challenge championships, to be held at Jewel-Osco,
800 W. North Ave., in Melrose Park, brings together the best checker and
bagger teams from the retailer's 186 stores in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and
Wisconsin.
The competition begins at 9 a.m., with the winning two person team to be
crowned by members of the of area's newest championship team -- the Chicago
Wolves -- winners of the International Hockey League's 1998 Turner Cup.
The Wolves team mascot, "Skates," will be on hand to cheer the teams, pose
for photographs with the winners, and sign autographs. Wolves senior
executive vice president, Wayne Messmer, will sing the National Anthem.
The checker and bagger teams representing stores from Joliet, Illinois, to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be judged for their accuracy, efficiency and
customer service skills, as they serve busy Saturday-morning shoppers.
The winning team will advance to the Nov. 7 finals in Las Vegas, and
compete against checkers and baggers from other American Stores Divisions.
Jewel-Osco operates 186 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
Of those, 156 are in combination with Osco Drug. Jewel also operates
79 stand-alone Osco Drug Stores in Chicagoland and the Milwaukee area. The
company is a subsidiary of American Stores Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, one
of the nation's largest food and drug retailers operating 1558 stores in
26 states.
Jewel-Osco contributes over $1 million annually to support charitable and
community organizations focusing in three main areas: food and nutrition,
health, and education. For almost 100 years, Jewel-Osco has demonstrated its
commitment to the communities it serves through charitable contributions and
community outreach programs such as neighborhood festivals and health fairs.
SOURCE Jewel-Osco
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