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Head: Local grocery store to hold its ninth annual food show 

By Judd Workman

Today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lee’s Marketplace will be hosting its ninth annual food show in celebration of the holiday season.

Lee’s Marketplace in Smithfield and Logan will have sales on many holiday food items such as turkeys, chocolate chips, pistachios and pies.

Tim Rigby, the director of marketing for Lee’s, said the overarching purpose of the event is “to help make people’s lives easier” during the holiday season.

“It’s all about letting customers know what’s available for the holiday season,” said Jonathan Badger, the CEO of Lee’s. 

“You’re trying to impress your in-laws or friends and we provide that opportunity and those ideas for our guests,” Badger said. “It’s a lot of work for our team, but it’s also a really fun day.”

Badger said the store tries to keep up on all the new trends and recipes so that it can provide quick and easy meal ideas.

With the popular sales, Rigby said the employees plan for about 4,000 customers during the four hour period.

“This is the only time of the year we have crazy lines,” Rigby said. “So we try to get people through as fast as possible.”

“We have a good time meeting all of our customers and helping them in any way that we can,” Badger said. “We want to be a community store and this is a community event.”