Eagan's Blake Westling earned second place at the National Best Bagger Competition in Las Vegas on Monday.
Eagan's Blake Westling earned second place at the National Best Bagger Competition in Las Vegas on Monday—making him the second fastest grocery store bagger in the nation. Here is video from his performance at the competition. See the full story here.
Eagan's Blake Westling took second place at a national grocery bagging competition in Las Vegas.
If there was such a thing as a rock star in the world of grocery bagging, Blake Westling would be it. Westling, a 20-year-old college student and grocery bagger at Byerly's in Eagan, just took second place at the National Best Bagger Competition in Las Vegas on Feb. 13—finishing just 1.3 points behind the champion, a grocery bagger from Wisconsin. It was Westling's first time attending the event. The National Best Bagger Competition is the Olympics for grocery store clerks. This year, 24 states sent an equal amount of competitors to the event. Each person participating in the competition has already passed through at least three qualifying events, including a statewide competition. At the national competition, all the baggers are evaluated…
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5:59 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Way to go Blake! more ›