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title: Should a member of your team be IGA's Employee of the Month? Submit today for a chance to win $100
description: Save time, money, & increase sales with tips for recruiting & retaining employees; Brackett’s IGA celebrates their Hometown Proud heritage
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 Save time, money, & increase sales with tips for recruiting & retaining employees; Brackett’s IGA celebrates their Hometown Proud heritage

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. FROM THE DESK OF John Ross IGA President & CEO Want to Recruit and Retain Young Workers? Adapt Your Management Style It’s no secret that retail is rarely young people’s career aspiration of choice, which is all the more reason to reexamine your store’s selling points—and your management style—to attract and retain young employees. IGA CEO John Ross shares six ways IGA retailers can make their stores a great place to work.   FEATURED STORY Leadership Lessons for Employee Retention Did you know that high employee turnover burns through more than staff? Constantly searching and developing new employees is also costing you time, money, and sales. From onboarding and training to maintaining a positive work culture, the IGA Coca-Cola Institute’s Paulo Goelzer looks at the role managers play in creating a workplace where employees want to stay for the long term.   EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Honoring IGA's Best with the Employee of the Month Have an employee who goes above and beyond to serve your shoppers, lead your team, or build your business? We want to hear about it. Fill out this simple form telling us why your employee deserves to be recognized in The IGA Minute as Employee of the Month. A new winner will be named each month, and each will receive a $100 cash prize. HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS Brackett’s Market IGA Celebrates Heritage Days See how Brackett’s Market IGA celebrated Hometown Proud during Bath, Maine’s annual Heritage Days, the largest event of the year for the coastal community of 8,500 people. BEST PRACTICE Enter IGA’s Best Practice Awards for a Chance to Win $1,000!  We’re highlighting IGA retailers' sales-building solutions in the 2020 Best Practice Awards. Submit your best practices by August 31, 2019 for a free registration for the 2020 IGA Global Rally, and a chance to be named a mid-year finalist in the running for a $1,000 grand prize awarded at the Rally.  Need Some Inspiration?  Check out our most popular—and profitable—best practices for increasing sales and shopper loyalty with community events.   Morning coffee for seniors leads to a weekly 5% sales increase Store-made hoagies become a community’s preferred fundraising tool Honoring current & former military turns customers into family IN THE NEWS Grocers look to grab-and-go as a differentiator (Grocery Dive) Tailgating solutions: onset of football season spurs grocers, manufacturers (Progressive Grocer) Grocers join fight against foodborne illness (Progressive Grocer) Food sustainability is getting smarter every day (Winsight Grocery Business) How do consumers approach grocery shopping? (FMI) Refer Your Friends! Share with your friends on social media or email About the IGA Minute Welcome to The IGA Minute, the weekly newsletter that gives you the IGA news you need the way you want it. Only have a minute? Scan the lead page for a quick overview of important news. Have a bit more time? Click "a minute more" to get the full scoop. Subscribe Here! Don't forget to follow us on: Facebook  \|  LinkedIn Have an idea for content or questions about the editorial calendar? Email Ashley Page, editor of The IGA Minute. For advertising queries, contact IGA’s Barbara Wiest.  IGA Inc.   8745 West Higgins Road  STE: 350  Chicago  IL   60631   United States You received this email because you are subscribed to Marketing Information from IGA Inc.  Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails   |
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