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The corrected release reads:
DARIOUSH KHALEDI, K.V. MART CO. AND DOUG DETHERAGE, BIMBO BAKERIES USA INDUCTED INTO THE CALIFORNIA GROCERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HALL OF ACHIEVEMENT
Darioush Khaledi, Chairman and CEO of K.V. Mart Co., and Doug Detherage, Director of Customer Relations for Bimbo Bakeries USA, were inducted into the California Grocers Association Educational Foundation Hall of Achievement on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach in Huntington Beach, CA.
The Foundation’s Hall of Achievement was created in 1993, and recognizes California grocery retailers and suppliers who have contributed substantially to the advancement of the grocery industry. (For a list of previous inductee, log on to www.cagrocers.com.)
“Both recipients are perfect candidates for this very prestigious food industry award,” said CGA President and CEO Ronald Fong, who also serves as Foundation president. “They exemplify all the important qualities of our great industry. We are proud to add them to our list of industry inductees.”
Khaledi is a first generation Persian-American who left his country to protest its dictatorship regime. Shortly after his arrival in Los Angeles, he teamed up with his brother-in-law and acquired their first Top Valu Market in Torrance, Calif. Today, Khaledi heads a chain of supermarkets under the banners of Top Valu Market, Valu Plus Food Warehouse, Buy Low, Price Rite Grocery Depot, Amar Ranch and Valu Mart. He also is the founder of Darioush Winery in Napa Valley, Calif.
Detherage has spent most of his 46-year career in the baking industry. He worked for Rainbo Bakeries (now Sara Lee) for 15 years, beginning as a truck loader in Modesto. He later became a Route Sales Representative and a Division Manager. Following Rainbo Bakeries, he worked with Interstate Brands for five years. In 1984, he joined Oroweat as a District Manager. Oroweat was later purchased by Bimbo Bakeries U.S.A. He has been in his current position since 1998.
The Hall of Achievement provides the food industry with the opportunity to recognize the achievements of those individuals who, through their foresight and dedication, have enhanced California’s food distribution industry. Proceeds from the event fund the Foundation’s College Scholarship and Career Development programs. This year, the Foundation will be awarding 292 college scholarships totaling $325,000 to deserving employees, or their families, of CGA member companies.
Contacts:
California Grocers Association
Dave Heylen, V.P. Communications,
916-448-3545
Fax: 916-448-2793
dheylen@cagrocers.com