November and December sales were dominated by the holidays along with consumers’ shopping changes in response to the rising number of new COVID-19 cases across many states. Some states and cities enacted renewed shelter-in-place mandates. This resulted in consumers’ trip frequency falling below last year’s levels, much like it had in early April. Likewise, e-commerce […]
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Lay’s Kicks Off 2021 Global UEFA Champions League Campaign
Lay’s will premiere a new global campaign centered on uniting and bringing joy to people around the world through football (soccer). The 2021 effort in support of the brand’s largest global platform – Men’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Women’s Football – leads with the very best in players, sport and snacks. With this season’s fans […]
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Chips Ahoy! Cookies, Shoe Surgeon Team Up For Sneaker Collaboration
To kick off 2021 in style, Chips Ahoy! animated spokes-cookie, Chip, needs some fresh new kicks and is looking no further than his own fans for inspiration on the design. He is enlisting the creative help of fans across America and Dominic “The Shoe Surgeon” Ciambrone, a renowned sneaker customization and design creator, to create […]
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United Fresh Introduces Programming Supporting Women In Produce
United Fresh’s new program, Women In Produce: Overcoming the She-cession Together, will provide an experience for women to vocalize and identify the new challenges that the pandemic has introduced to their work environments. They also will explore solutions – through discussion and one-on-one meetings – to overcome these challenges to continue to advance their careers […]
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Winners Of Confectionery Leadership Awards Have Been Named
The National Confectioners Association and Candy & Snack TODAY magazine have named recipients of the 2021 Confectionery Leadership Awards: Maureen Keenan, category manager – seasonal candy, CVS Pharmacy; and Peter Kempton Jr., category manager – center store, TravelCenters of America. This year, the Confectionery Leadership Awards will be presented remotely during NCA’s virtual State of the Industry Conference on […]
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Independent Grocers Applaud Efforts To Expand SNAP Online Purchasing
The National Grocers Association applauds Congress for efforts to make Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program online purchasing more accessible to independent community grocers. This week, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth (both D-IL) reintroduced the Expanding SNAP Options Act, and the House Agriculture Committee advanced its budget reconciliation bill. Both pieces of legislation provide significant […]
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NGA Pushes Back Against $15 Federal Minimum Wage
The National Grocers Association has written a letter to the House Education and Labor Committee opposing the $15 minimum wage proposal included in its budget reconciliation package. “NGA strongly opposes increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour because it would harm small businesses and reduce food access in disadvantaged communities,” the association wrote […]
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Suppliers To Convenience Retailing Industry Confident About 2021
Convenience stores suppliers saw their sales in the channel grow in 2020, with nearly twice as many reporting an increase than a decrease (50 percent vs. 28 percent, respectively), according to the results in a new NACS survey of supplier members. The NACS supplier member survey results mirror what NACS retailer members reported in a […]