Ohio’s Best Bagger Contest

2020 Ohio’s Best Bagger Competition

That’s right! Ohio’s Best Bagger Competition has gained some national recognition, and Go Live Sports Cast – as our broadcast partner – brought the 2020 Best Bagger Competition to ESPN!

On August 8, 2020, ESPN aired the 2020 Bagger Bowl. Congratulations to our WINNER and the other runners-up from the 2020 Bagger Bowl!

…AND THE WINNER IS:

Fengning Liu
Dorothy Lane Market

Special thanks to our broadcast partner, GoLive Sports, ESPN (The Ocho), our host (Buehler’s Fresh Foods). And of course, a big thank you to our fantastic sponsors: Premier Power Solutions, Joshen Paper & Packaging, Consolidated Food Equipment Distributors, Velvet Ice Cream Co., and Ohio Fruit Growers Association.

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Follow the links below for more information as well as a streaming link (recap) of the event.

WDTN News Report

Dayton247Now News Report

ESPN2 Programming / GO LIVE Sports

Watch it now! Click here!

ESPN 8 THE OCHO PRESS ROOM RELEASE!

GO LIVE SPORT TWITTER FEED!

Ohio Wins 2020 NGA Best Bagger First Runner-up Title!

Ohio’s Best Bagger winner, Katie West, from Dorothy Lane Market competed at the National Grocers Association Annual Show in the Best Bagger Contest for the National Title in San Diego. Katie competed against baggers from all over the USA and came in second place, holding the title of 1st Runner-up! Katie went home from San Diego with $5,000!

2018 Ohio’s Best Bagger Winner

Ohio’s Best Bagger contest was another big success! Twenty-Five contestants bagged for the title at Buehler’s Fresh Food Market in Wooster, on August 9, 2018 – competing for the state’s Best Bagger title, the ceramic bag award, and $1,000.

The 2017 winner, Ellissa Chambliss from Buehler’s Medina, once again took the win for the 2018 contest, marking the the fourth year in a row for Buehler’s to hold the State Bagging Title! She went on to the National Competition in San Diego (at the NGA Natiinal Convention and Bagging Contest) to take second place and $5,000!

Special thanks to Buehler’s for hosting this event, Velvet Ice

Cream for providing delicious sweet treats, C-Fed, and Joshen Paper & Packaging Company for sponsoring! Check out the pictures and watch Ellissa compete for the National Best Bagger Title at the NGA Show in February 2019!

Ohio won the 2017 NGA’s Best Bagger Competition in Las Vegas

At the 2017 NGA Show in Las Vegas, Brady Long, of Buehler’s Fresh Foods, defeated 22 other Best Bagger competitors from across the nation. Brady claimed the grand prize of $10,000 and the title of the NGA Best Bagger Champion. NGA has held the nationwide best bagger competition since 1987. The contestants are judged by the speed of bagging, proper bag-building technique, weight distribution in the bag, as well as style, attitude and appearance, and are chosen through statewide competitions over the course of the last year. OGA President, Kristin Mullins, was at the NGA Show and Best Bagger competition to support and later congratulate Brady on his win, “Brady not only represented Buehler’s well, but the entire state of Ohio. It’s been a long time since Ohio has won the national title and we couldn’t be more proud of Brady’s accomplishment.” Brady was on the Today Show Saturday, February 18, 2017.