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title: Best Practices for increasing sales with meal solutions—just in time for Family Meals Month!
description: Tips & resources for making the most of  Sept. Family Meals Month; grocery giveaway promotes healthy eating on a budget.
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 Tips & resources for making the most of Sept. Family Meals Month; grocery giveaway promotes healthy eating on a budget

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. FROM THE DESK OF Susan Borra, RD Chief Health & Wellness Officer – FMI Foundation Executive Director, FMI Foundation Do You Have a Seat at the Family Meals Table?  National Family Meals Month™ was created by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation to help food retailers support shoppers in bringing their families to the table for more in-home family meals. FMI’s Susan Borra shares why you’ll want to be a part of the Family Meals Movement this September.   FEATURED STORY Build Meal Solution Momentum & Sales with Family Meals Month September’s Family Meals Month will be here before you know it. Check out these tips to help you educate shoppers on the importance of family meals, and best practices for becoming the go-to resource for family meal solutions. 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? Just in time for Family Meals Month, check out some of our most popular—and profitable—best practices for increasing sales with meal solutions. Shopper Meal Solutions Capture $2,000 A Week in Sales Choose-Your-Own Meat Bar Adds $500 Per Week in Pure Profit Small Space Meal Solution HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS Grocery Giveaway Promotes Healthy Eating Options Learn how Ocean Shores IGA partnered with local healthcare organizations to promote healthy eating on a tight budget, giving away 250 bags of nutritious food to members of their rural coastal community. RED OVAL ROUND UP Red Oval Partner Clif Bar Takes Center Stage  The first-ever Clif Kid national TV ad campaign is coming in August, just in time for back to school—and your upcoming National Digital Ad offer! IN THE NEWS How conventional groceries are chasing today's natural consumer (Supermarket News) Grocery beauty and personal care aisles are stocked with opportunity (Grocery Dive) Consumer expenditures study: shopper first is best strategy for success (Progressive Grocer) Non-food for thought: capitalizing on back-to-school selling (The Shelby Report) 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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