KATIE KOWALSKI

KATIE KOWALSKI has been promoted to store manager of the Tops Friendly Markets store in Canastota. She began her career in the grocery business 14 years ago as a cashier for P&C Markets, where she worked for three years until moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. While there, Kowalski worked at Bi-Lo Markets as a cashier and then customer-service manager. Upon her return to New York in 2017, she has held several positions with Tops Markets, including customer-service manager, operations manager, and assistant store manager — most recently at the Tops store in Manlius.