Houchens Insurance Group, an insurance and risk management agency with national prominence and local service, has joined the Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA) as a Red Oval Partner. The partnership will allow IGA members the opportunity to create customized insurance solutions to protect their businesses, employees and communities on a level unavailable to independent retailers. “Like […]
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Niemann Foods Is 2024 NGA Student Case Study Retailer
The NGA Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the National Grocers Association, has announced that Quincy, Illinois-based Niemann Foods will be the participating retailer in the 2024 Student Case Study Competition. The annual Student Case Study Competition brings college students pursuing degrees in food and retail programs from across the country to The NGA Show, where […]
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FMI Foundation Awards 2023 Food Safety Auditing Scholarships
The FMI Foundation, in partnership with The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI – The Food Industry Association, has awarded 15 food safety scholars with a 2023 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship. Recipients receive a $3,000 scholarship and an educational travel grant to SQF Unites, an event for the global food safety and […]
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How To Get Ready For FDA-Enforced Food Traceability
Traceability of high-risk food is now the law under the Food Safety Modernization Act, and time is running short to get into compliance. The deadline for compliance is January 2026 – by the calendar, that’s two years away, but when you subtract weekends, days off and the annual holiday rush periods when operators typically avoid […]
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Google Cloud Executive To Keynote FMI Midwinter Conference
Jose Luis-Gomes, managing director of retail and CPG with Google Cloud, will give a keynote address on artificial intelligence and future applications for food industry C-suite executives during FMI’s 2024 Midwinter Executive Conference. “Nearly one in four food retailers and two out of three suppliers are currently using AI for their business solutions,” said Leslie […]
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Report Highlights Challenge Of Retaining Online Customers
Composite-level sales across 25 U.S. grocery banners dropped 13.5 percent during a 12-week period ending Sept. 20 versus the same period last year, according to the “eGrocery Performance Benchmarking” report from Brick Meets Click and sponsored by Mercatus. The year-over-year sales decline was driven by a higher rate of lapsed customers who shifted back to […]
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Success May Lie Outside Your Comfort Zone – Find Out At NGA Show
I’ve said many times that the events hosted by the National Grocers Association are opportunities to take time away from your business – as busy as I know you all to be – in order to spend some time working on your business. But perhaps it’s also an opportunity to step outside your comfort zone […]
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What A.I. Can Do For Independent Grocers?
As a grocery retailer, are you using artificial intelligence? You probably are and may not realize it. AI is already a part of many of the functions of e-commerce as well as other tech functions that many grocers are using. But what’s the next step – what else can AI do for independent grocers to […]