Apr 9, 2021
Inc. magazine recently announced that FlexPost Inc. is included on its 2021 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the Midwest economy’s most dynamic segment – its independent small businesses. The Inc. 5000 Midwest ranking and profile…
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Apr 9, 2021
The pandemic upended the way people shop for their everyday needs, including groceries. Online grocery sales in the U.S. are expected to reach 21.5% of the total grocery sales by 2025, after leaping from 3.4% pre-pandemic to 10.2% as of 2020. One business riding this wave is Mercato, an online grocery platform that helps smaller grocers and specialty…
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Mar 19, 2021
Wright’s Market in Opelika, Alabama, plans to couple in-person support with online grocery shopping to fight food insecurity and boost e-commerce sales. The independent grocer has teamed up with nearby Auburn University on an initiative they plan to launch later this year that will have students from the university help food-insecure seniors and parents with…
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Mar 3, 2021
As a sustainable packaging leader, Placon has been using post-consumer recycled PET in their PET packaging for more than thirty (30) years. To ensure sustainable packaging quality and transparency, Placon was recently certified by SCS Global Services for their RPET-F75 PET material, Fresh n’ Clear® Bowls & Trays, GoCubes®, CrystalSeal® reFresh® product lines as recycled content certified. Each…
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Feb 2, 2021
Placon continues to be a leader in sustainable, thermoform packaging innovation with their new patent pending recyclable oxygen barrier material called OxyStar™. When creating our custom food packaging, our number one challenge is figuring out how to help the food last longer. Direct oxygen contact with perishable foods has been a problem for food manufacturers…
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Jan 31, 2021
by Mary Margaret Stewart, staff writer Phil Blackburn owns four IGA grocery stores in eastern Washington, two of which are general market and the others Hispanic-oriented. In 2021, he expects another good year for independent grocers. “We’re still holding with a lot larger basket size, so that shows us that people are going into smaller stores…
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Later this month, New England grocer Big Y Foods plans to enact a pay raise for all hourly employees. Under the multimillion-dollar investment, starting pay rates for all clerks, customer service, fresh food and center store specialists, and assistant department managers will be increased effective June 26, the Springfield, Mass.-based supermarket chain said Thursday. Nearly…
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Chris Coborn, chairman and CEO of employee-owned Coborn’s Inc., has joined the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion coalition. The organization is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to spur measurable action and meaningful change in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Coborn’s joins a partnership of more than 2,200 CEOs pledging to create…
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Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets has launched its Holiday Rewards program, through which customers can qualify for free food and discounts on a variety of its turkeys, hams, salmon and other holiday items through Thanksgiving Day. Customers can earn rewards points on their purchases with their Preferred Shoppers Club cards and redeem their holiday rewards points from Nov. 3-24. “We know that saving…
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