According to Manpower’s latest Employment Outlook survey, New Mexico employers will add workers in the first quarter of 2011.
Category: Southwest
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Albertsons New Mexico Stores Ceasing Fireworks Sales
In response to the hot, dry conditions that have contributed to the devastating fire season that New Mexico is experiencing this year, the Albertson’s LLC Southwest division has decided to pull all fireworks from the stores
Posted in, Another Side, Southwest
Government on All Levels Add Burdens to Business
ON THE BORDER—With both the White House and FMI addressing the quest to erase “food deserts” around our country, there has been substantial press on the subject. The reference is to rural, or even urban areas, where there is an insufficient supply of supermarkets or grocers to serve the community with healthy, nutritious food. A […]
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Affiliated Foods Southwest’s Former CFO Martinez Convicted
Former CEO John Mills among witnesses testifying at trial Alexander “Lex” Martinez, former CFO for Little Rock-based Affiliated Foods Southwest, was convicted June 2 of conspiring to commit bank fraud, aiding and abetting bank fraud by participating in a check-kiting scheme and aiding and abetting a false statement to a financial institution. He is the […]
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Buy For Less Helps Schools Stay Supplied
Schools in the Oklahoma City Metro have received over $200,000 in school supplies over the past five years, made possible by Buy For Less Grocery Stores through the Tapes for Education Program. Christy Kalhoun was the winner chosen at random for this year’s Tapes for Education contest. As the winner, she received a $500 Buy […]
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Louisiana Roundup July 2011
Brookshire Grocery Co. Celebrates 50th Anniversary by Giving to NonProfits In celebration of its 50th anniversary in the Shreveport/Bossier City area, Brookshire’s and Super 1 Foods donated $1,000 to 50 local nonprofit organizations. The company opened its first store on Lakeshore Drive and its second on Fern Avenue in the spring of 1961. The company […]
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Colorado Roundup July 2011
Colorado Community College Now Offering WAFC Certificate Program The Western Association of Food Chains Inc. (WAFC) and the Colorado Community College system have partnered to offer the WAFC-endorsed “Retail Management Certificate Program.” The 10-course college curriculum provides relevant and practical content that applies across all segments of the retail food industry. The first statewide advisory […]
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Arkansas Roundup July 2011
Wal-Mart US Comp Sales Down for Eighth Straight Quarter Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s net sales were $103.4 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, an increase of 4.4 percent from $99.1 billion in the first quarter last year. The Bentonville-based mega-retailer reported earnings results on May 17. Walmart U.S. same store sales declined for […]