If you pass through Strawberry Square in Harrisburg today over lunch, you may notice makeshift supermarket cash register lines and a few grocery carts.

That's because top grocery baggers from around the state will face off at 11:30 a.m. in the 25th Annual Pennsylvania's Best Bagger Championship. It is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association.

The winner will receive a trophy, cash prize and a trip to compete at the national bagging competition in February at the National Grocers Association convention in Las Vegas.

Baggers advanced through in-store and company bagging contests. They will compete in a plastic and reusable bag races.

Locally, Giant Food Stores has a team of four baggers. Other competitors include Bill's ShopRites, Boyer's Food Markets, Giant Eagle, Henning's Market, McCaffrey's Markets and McMenamin Family ShopRite

Baggers are judged on speed, proper bag building technique, weight distribution, style, attitude and professional appearance. Nationally recognized consumer advocate Mary Bach will lead the judging and will be joined by Jayne Johnson, retail marketing teacher at Dauphin County Technical School.