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 Category webinar delivers tactical ideas to build pet profit; a community loyalty card promotes local; major remodel brings big results.

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Thursday, April 11, 2019 Sponsored By: FROM THE DESK OF John Ross, IGA CEO  Building Pet Care Profit  Think profit in the pet care category is out of reach for you as an independent retailer? Think again. IGA CEO John Ross says it's time to take a second look at the pet care category, beginning with an upcoming IGA/Purina webinar.  FEATURED STORY Data Equals Power—for You & Your Brand In the world of grocery retailing, data opens the door to true brand power that makes shoppers, competitors, and even legislators see us in a more positive light. Learn why your participation in the annual Independent Grocers Financial Survey is an important step in the process. BEST PRACTICES Rigters Supa IGA Brings Community Retailers Together to Offer Discounts to Shoppers Learn how Rigter's Supa IGA partnered with fellow independent businesses to create a shopper loyalty card that champions local and brand awareness. Have a Best Practice of Your Own? We want to hear it! Share your best practice today. HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS Dill’s Store Expansion Brings Big Results Brothers Tracy and Stan Dilworth—owners of two Five Star IGA stores in Northeastern Georgia—credit constant change as the secret to their success. For proof, just look to the largest project in the company’s history: a major renovation to their Lavonia location, which took place last year. RED OVAL ROUND UP Growing Your Natural Foods Segment with Chosen Foods From avocado-based oil, mayo, and sprays to ancient grains, new Red Oval Partner Chosen Foods is helping IGA retailers increase sales in the growing natural foods segment. Learn more about Chosen Foods’ products and get merchandising tips in this recent IGA TV interview. IN THE NEWS How a water safety plan could help avoid leafy green outbreaks (Food Dive) Online Food Shopping: Is Everyone Doing It? (Winsight Grocery Business) How generations are shaping food trends (Grocery Dive) A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM YOUR SPONSOR Refer Your Friends! Share with your friends on social media or email Follow us on Social Media 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 more time? Click "a minute more" to get the full scoop. Subscribe Here! 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 Corporate News Subscription from IGA Inc.  Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails   |
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