Festival Foods CEO/President Honored by Food Industry Association

Festival Foods CEO/President Mark Skogen was honored by FMI – The Food Industry Association as the recipient of the 2020 Robert B. Wegman Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.  A third-generation grocer, Skogen began working in the family business at a young age and transitioned to full-time status after college graduation. Over the next decade, he served in multiple department manager and store director roles before beginning his tenure as Festival Foods CEO and president in 2006, when his father, Dave Skogen, retired from the role. In the area of community involvement, Skogen has demonstrated his commitment by consistently growing the company’s charitable giving program during his time as CEO. A faithful community servant, he lives the family values the company was founded in 1946. To date, tens of millions of dollars have been funneled back into the communities served by Festival Foods. Skogen spoke about this value, saying “I always say that it’s not all that fulfilling to put a case of peas on the grocery shelf, but when we know we’ve made an impact in a community, that is something that our whole team can feel good about.”