By Robert Yeakel / NGA Director of Government Relations It has been over a year since the coronavirus pandemic upended daily life and transformed how customers interact with retail. Almost overnight, businesses built out their e-commerce platforms to reach a customer base that – due to lockdowns or public health concerns, or both – could […]
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NGA 5 Poses Questions for … Redner’s Markets’ Gary Redner
NGA’s “Five Questions” is a regular feature that explores the insights of independent grocery operators. This week, Gary Redner, COO of Redner’s Markets, shares his thoughts with us. What were the most important lessons of 2020? Self-reliance. There were so many regulatory standards put into place over the last 10 months and our team members […]
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PMA And CGT Double Down On Diversity And Inclusion
Center for Growing Talent by PMA has released the first two initiatives since a task force was convened in September to determine how the industry could advance diversity, equity and inclusion across the produce and floral supply chains. Beginning in April, Center for Growing Talent will host a month-long Diversity & Inclusion Program featuring weekly virtual sessions. The program is free […]
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NAMI Scholarship Foundation Expands Eligibility To Graduate Students
The North American Meat Institute Scholarship Foundation will expand eligibility and offer two $5,000 scholarships to graduate students for the 2021-2022 academic year. Previously, scholarships were only awarded to undergraduate students. “The meat and poultry industry strives to support students at every level because they are the future of our industry. With this monetary increase […]
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2021 Power Of Produce Shows COVID-19 Impact On Purchasing Habits
Produce department sales reached $69.6 billion in 2020, an 11.4 percent increase, according to FMI–The Food Industry Association’s 2021 Power of Produce. The survey of produce grocery shoppers, released at the Southeast Produce Council Southern Exposure event, finds shoppers are purchasing more produce than pre-COVID-19 pandemic, with shoppers buying more fresh fruit (+8.9 percent) and more vegetables (+14.2 […]
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United Fresh Names Retail Produce Manager Award
Marking 17 years of recognizing exceptional retail produce managers, United Fresh Produce Association recently announced the honorees of its 2021 Retail Produce Manager Awards Program. This year’s cohort of 25 produce managers represents supermarket banners, commissaries and independent retail stores from 21 different states and one Canadian province. The winners will be the honored guests […]
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NGA Poses Five Questions for … Rudy’s Markets’ Lauren G.R. Johnson
NGA’s “Five Questions” is a regular feature that explores the insights of independent grocery operators. This week, Lauren G.R. Johnson, president and CEO of Rudy’s Markets Inc., shares her thoughts with us. What were the most important lessons of 2020? Your team is more capable in the face of unseen adversity than you could have […]
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FMI Delivers Comments About Food Boxes To USDA
FMI – The Food Industry Association participated in a virtual, public meeting hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the Farmers to Families Food Box program. FMI VP of Political Affairs Hannah Walker offered the following comments: “Last spring – as restaurants and schools shut down – many producers found themselves with excess commodities. FMI worked with processors, farmers and regulators finding ways […]