Check Out Winners Of Alabama Grocers Association’s Food Industry Finest Luncheon

The Alabama Grocers Association (AGA) held its annual Food Industry Finest luncheon Nov. 1 honoring wholesaler and vendor of the year award winners.

More than 150 people attended the event at The Club in Birmingham where Curtis Lyons was recognized as Vendor of the Year and Danny Babb took the award for Wholesaler of the Year.

Lyons was born in Pensacola and attended Clark College on a football scholarship, working summers for Flowers Baking Co. When he injured his knee his senior year, his hopes of playing in the NFLended and Lyons turned his attention to Flowers Baking Co. full time in 1985.

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