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title: "IGA Rally Registration is Open! Find out what's different this year (hint: a lot!), and why you can't afford to miss it"
description: From food trucks to event spaces, see how IGA retailers are using their retailing skills in other areas; IGA AU helps farmers; and more...
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 From food trucks to event spaces, see how IGA retailers are using their retailing skills in other areas; IGA AU helps farmers; and more...

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. FROM THE DESK OF John Ross   President & CEO, IGA Sales-Building Solutions in Action at the IGA Global Rally  Experience sales-building tactics in key categories, learn about Red Oval partner opportunities that will drive your business, and be inspired by the top retailer best practices. IGA CEO John Ross shares how the 2020 IGA Global Rally is different, and why you can’t afford to miss it! FEATURED STORY Taking the Plunge into New Business Opportunities See how IGA retailers across the country are applying what they've learned from running grocery stores to fun, new enterprises, including an event space, restaurant and food truck highlighting retailers’ catering and food service expertise, and even a snow cone stand that serves as a draw for the store. BEST PRACTICE Enter IGA’s Best Practice Awards for a Chance to Win $1000!  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 some of our most popular—and profitable—best practices for increasing sales with special promotions and events. Triple Your Sales with a Monthly 10% Off Day "Monday Madness” Chicken Promo Increases Deli Sales for Weeks Expand Your Selling Space with Outdoor Supplier’s Day Festival HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS IGA Australia & Local Kids Help Farmers in Need Ongoing droughts in rural Australia have resulted in years of financial hardship for farmers. Find out how IGA Australia and local kids are teaming up to help. RED OVAL ROUNDUP IGA Chefs Expand their Menus & Minds at New York Summit The winners of IGA’s first-ever promotion just for IGA chefs and deli teams—the IGA-Hellmann’s® Big Game Recipe Contest—attended the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Menus of Change Summit in New York City’s Hyde Park this June. See their winning recipes and hear what they learned.  IN THE NEWS Top 10 Summer Fancy Food Show Trends Revealed (The Shelby Report) Grocery Chains Make Strides in Sustainability (Supermarket News) How Franchises Get Digital Shoppers Back in the Store (Winsight Grocery Business) How Grocers Can Reduce Food Waste Now (Winsight Grocery Business) Consumers Want Humane Certification on Packaging, Research Shows (Progressive Grocer) 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 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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