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title: Announcing IGA's 2019 Best Practice Finalists!
description: Cast your vote for your favorite sales-building best practice; celebrating Hometown Proud Retailer Jim Shook; Batenic takes home top award.
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 Cast your vote for your favorite best practice; celebrating Hometown Proud Retailer Jim Shook; Batenic takes home top award.

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. January 31, 2019 Sponsored by: FROM THE DESK OF... John Ross CEO, IGA Inc. How Retailers Grow Ever wonder why some big retail chains grow and prosper while others stumble and fail? John Ross shares his insights on how listening—and embracing the best practices of your peers—leads to retailing success. FEATURED STORY Cast Your Vote for Your Favorite Best Practice! Out of more than 70 entries for IGA’s Best Practices Awards, IGA has handpicked 13 IGA Best Practices for their creativity, ability to save money or increase sales, and adaptability by fellow retailers. Now it’s up to you to vote for the best! IGA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Lake Region IGA Looks to the Future in a Resort Town by Jessica Vician Jim Shook, owner of Lake Region IGA, is looking toward the future with store improvements—some technical, some complicated, some easy—all in the name of customer satisfaction. Spend a minute getting to know this 2019 IGA Hometown Proud Retailer in the running for IGA USA International Retailer of the Year. RECOGNITION Mark Batenic Takes Home FMI’s Top Award for Humanitarian Service Congratulations to IGA Chairman Mark Batenic, recipient of FMI’s Herbert Hoover Award for Humanitarian Service RED OVAL REVIEW Welcome to the Family, Chosen Foods! From avocado-based mayo and sprays to ancient grains, new Red Oval Partner Chosen Foods is poised to help IGA retailers introduce innovative products that target the growing natural foods segment and increase overall oil and condiment category sales IN THE NEWS Frozen food sales fuel center store growth, study says (Grocery Dive) CPG giants partner on reusable packaging (Retail Dive) Creative Ways to Chase the Cheese: How retailers use creative promotions to cash in on consumers’ affinity for the specialty favorite (Winsight Grocery Business) 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 more time? Click "a minute more" to get the full scoop.  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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