The most important business in every community is the local grocery store. It is the most visited. It is where the most money is spent, outside of housing and transportation. It supplies more than two-thirds of calories consumed. During the pandemic, the industry had record profit margins. From 2020-22, profit margins averaged 2.73 percent, reaching […]
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Apply AI To Maximize Profitability Through Workforce Optimization
by Jason Harper/guest columnist, CEO and founder, RXA How much did you spend on labor last month? Last week? Today? What do you do when you are spending too much on labor? Overstaffing contributes to millions of dollars in bottom line losses for stores each year. On the other hand, what about when you don’t […]
Posted in, Northeast
NACS Calls Overtime Pay Regulations ‘Devastating’ To C-Stores
A representative of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) said the federal labor department regulations on overtime pay were flawed with methodology and reasoning and “will be devastating to convenience store owners, their workers and customers.” Lyle Beckwith, NACS SVP of government relations, commented on the regulations set to begin Dec. 1 that will […]
Posted in, Southeast
Ga. Crops Lose Nearly $75M Due to Lack of Laborers
Ag commissioner Black testifies before the Senate on immigrant labor On Oct. 4, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black testified before the Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee in the United States Senate. The hearing was called “America’s Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution,” and Black spoke about the labor shortage in Georgia’s fields. [gn_box […]
Posted in, West
New Negotiating Meeting Set for California Grocery Workers
In a bid to avert a work stoppage at the Big Three supermarket chains in Southern California, federal mediators on Aug. 22 set an Aug. 29 meeting to begin “intensive” talks to try to resolve differences between management and the union representing 62,000 food workers, reports the North County Times. The food workers voted overwhelmingly […]