This Troy Can Really Sack 'Em
Athens, Ga., grocery bagger prepares for competition in the Kroger's Bag Off.
His years on the football field and the basketball court at Clarke Central have served Troy Yerby III well. The recent graduate will compete on Wednesday in the Statewide Division Championship in Dacula, and he’ll be using his hand-and-eye coordination like crazy, to bag grocers fast and well. He’s hoping to advance to the next stage and represent Kroger at the Georgia Food Industry Association’s competition in July. The winner of that will go up against the country’s top baggers at the 2013 National Grocers Association Best Baggers Contest in Las Vegas. Troy has worked as a bagger at the Alps Road Kroger for the past 18 months. He’s fast, efficient, and “a real bouncer,” says Vickie Stout, the store’s front end manager. “I’d been …
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Rebecca McCarthy
6:15 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
Thanks for watching, Sara. He really is amazing. I'll enjoy shopping at Kroger from now on, with a stopwtch in hand! more ›