Employee Spotlight

Meet Dawnette Hoag
 Produce Manager in Mayville

Dawnette joined the Neiman’s Family Market team three years ago when the Wingert team
became part of the Neiman’s Family Market family. She brought her smile and vast years of
produce manager. Ryan and Noel, the store leadership team, really appreciate how detail
oriented and organized she is, keeping a neat and tidy department with product coming in
truck to shelf to be as fresh and ready as possible. Enjoying the changing seasons and
displays, Dawnette gets to be a big part of that in the produce department, as it is always
changing and never the same keeping her job exciting. New employees can learn from her
wisdom and experience, she says just go with the flow, everything works out.

Growing up in Lapeer, Dawnette thought she would be a veterinarian and enjoyed many
vacations. Now she has been a “wildcat” living here in Mayville for almost 40 years and
works with fruit and veggies instead of taking care of animals. Dawnette may work with
them but her least favorite food is beets so don’t offer her any, instead offer her tacos the
one food she would eat every day for the rest of her life.

Dawnette has been married to her husband Chuck for 34 years and in less than a month her
son and daughter in law will make her a grandma, something she is very excited about.
They also have two dogs, a golden retriever, a beagle and two cats, one black, one white.
Of her travel experiences Dawnette picks Hawaii, a place she has been to twice, as her
favorite. Many reasons for this in particularly for the weather, the scenery and the beaches.
However, her dream vacation would be to go to Australia. Perhaps to try the “shrimp on the
barbie?”

The one thing she cannot live without is her family and outside of work she enjoys time at
the cabin with them, along with trail riding and kayaking. Dawnette also enjoys baseball
and her hidden talent is her love to cook and trying new recipes.
We are proud to have Dawnette leading our produce department in Mayville and
appreciate all her knowledge and experience she shares with us and our customers.