<p><strong>St. Louis, MO</strong> - Shoppers are invited to stop by all Schnucks, Logli and Hilander stores from April 8 through May 5, 2012 to vote for their favorite produce manager via a special text message poll during Love Your Produce Manager Month. By sending a text message with their store’s special keyword to a designated number shoppers can help the produce manager of their liking vie for the most votes to win the honor of “Best Produce Manager.” Additionally, one voting shopper will be randomly selected to win a $500 Schnucks gift card.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> April will feature a variety of unique produce as part of the promotion, with a different produce theme each week including Asian Specialties, Specialty Vegetables, Specialty Fruits and Latin Specialties, according to a press release. Each Schnucks, Logli and Hilander Produce Manager will also be hosting free 2-hour tasting events on Saturdays, offering their produce expertise as well as free samples of the featured produce items.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Love Your Produce Manager is hosted by Frieda’s Specialty Produce Company in honor of its 50th anniversary, ™ with the objective to draw attention to the fanatatic customer service that produce managers bring to the department. Karen Caplan, Frieda’s President and CEO, states, “50 years ago, a single produce manager was instrumental to the introduction of Kiwifruit to America." She continues, “His willingness to listen to a shopper’s request and try something new made a difference. Frieda’s Inc. brought in the first shipment of New Zealand-grown Kiwifruit at his request, and today, the fruit is a much-loved commodity, available in just about every supermarket across the United States.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>www.schnucks.com</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
