Advance Auto Parts Announces 2018 Top Performing Independent Partner Award Winners

Advance Auto Parts Announces 2018 Top Performing Independent Partner Award Winners

Carquest stores from Peekskill, New York; Rawlins, Wyoming; Freeport, Illinois; and Mahwah, New Jersey, take top honors.

Advance Auto Parts 2018 Top Performing Independent Partner award winners celebrate their win with Advance leaders, including, from left, Tom Greco, Advance president and CEO; Joe Cupoli of P&A Auto Parts; Bill Freedman of P&A Auto Parts; Jeff McGuire of Rawlins Auto Parts; Robbie Joseph of Sav-Mor Discount; Marc Blanc of Carquest of Freeport; Shipman Nortcutt, Advance division vice president – North; Natalie Rothman, Advance executive vice president, chief human resources officer; and Doug Buscher, Advance division vice president – West.

Advance Auto Parts named its 2018 Top Performing Independent Partner Award Winners during its recent Leadership Summit in Dallas.

Winners, selected from more than 1,200 independently owned Carquest stores throughout the U.S., were chosen based on a variety of criteria, including 2018 store performance and program activation. The 2018 Top Performing Independent Partner Award Winners include:

  • Sav-Mor Discount in Peekskill, New York, owned by Robbie Joseph
  • Rawlins Auto Parts in Rawlins, Wyoming, owned by Jeff McGuire
  • Carquest of Freeport in Freeport, Illinois, owned by Marc Blanc
  • P&A Auto Parts in Mahwah, New Jersey, owned by Joe Cupoli and Bill Freedman

“Congratulations to each partner and their teams for a terrific 2018 and being named a Top Performing Independent Partner,” said David McCartney, division President, Carquest North America. “These stores exemplify those partners that  have leveraged our full Carquest Program to drive sales and provide superior customer service.”

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