CRISPR: How Science & Technology will Affect the Future of Food
Imagine a world where you can offer your shoppers wheat that is naturally gluten-free. Fruits and vegetables with extra vitamins and protein. Even super chickens the size of ostriches. IGA CEO John Ross explores how the gene editing technique called CRISPR will transform the food we sell, and what it means for independent retailers.
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The 2019 IGA Assessment Program Results Are In—Who Made Five Star Status?
The new IGA Assessment Program is complete for 2019. See what changed, who earned Five Star status, and what IGA plans to change for the 2020 assessments.
HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS
Lake Region IGA Focuses on Health Education
If “you are what you eat,” then Lake Region IGA in Hawley, Pennsylvania is putting their money where their mouths are. Now in their second year of offering health education classes, shoppers are attending for the knowledge and recipes and boosting sales in healthy categories like produce.
BEST PRACTICE AWARD FINALISTS
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App Drives Employee Connection & Satisfaction
With 15 stores across four states, communication is critical to the Adams Hometown Market brand, but also difficult to maintain using traditional methods. A texting app has boosted team morale and increased overall employee satisfaction—especially among their millennial employees.
Day-old Bread Becomes Value-added Product
To reduce food waste and increase profits, Nemenz IGA's bakery takes day-old breads and grinds them into bread crumbs to use in the hot foods department or turns it into bread cubes for holiday stuffing at Thanksgiving, selling more than 300 bags during the holiday.
2-Day Motherlode Meat Sale Boosts Sales 362%
Super Bear and Foodland IGAs run two-day “Motherlode Meat Sales," demonstrating custom cuts on the sales floor to emphasize the freshness of the meat and the skill of their butchers, differentiating them from other stores that only carry pre-packaged meats.
Vision Statement Gives Store a Mission & Inspires Staff
Red Bud and Millstadt IGA figured out exactly who they are and what they value and put it in a new vision statement that defines their core principles, resulting in a more invested team, increased giving, and a debt-free company.
HOTEL INFORMATION
Hotel rooms are still available at the reduced rate. Contact IGA's Barbara Wiest at 773.695.2635 to make arrangements.
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