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title: Preparing for the Next Generation
description: Change and shifting demographics are not new to major retailers, who have revised their own in-store strategies
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 Sprankle's IGA triples meat sales; North Albany IGA celebrates 1 year in business; turnkey restroom & first aid monitoring with Aramark

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. FROM THE DESK OF Peter Larkin  NGA President and CEO Preparing for the Next Generation  America’s labor force has seen a lot of change in recent years, with Millennials taking over as the largest generation in the workforce, Baby Boomers reaching retirement age, and Gen Z entering the labor force. NGA’s Peter Larkin shares insights on how these shifting demographics impact workplace strategies, and offers up a new NGA resource to help. FEATURED STORY New Tools to Find the Right People By Melissa Hart, contributing writer With unemployment at the lowest levels in decades, how can small, independent retailers find the right employees? Get tips to fine-tune your hiring process, and learn how IGA retailers across the country are turning to online resources like social media to reach a whole new group of candidates. BEST PRACTICES Meat Truck Event Triples Sales  By Doug Sprankle See how Sprankle's Neighborhood Market IGA shines a light on their quality butchering techniques and services—and triples their meat sales—with a meat truck sale that allows customers to handpick entire primals and/or select premium cuts of meat not offered anywhere else. Have a Best Practice of Your Own? We want to hear it! Share your best practice today. HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS North Albany IGA Celebrates First Year in Business North Albany IGA—uniquely serving its 7,000-person community—celebrated its first year in business last month. See how this locally-focused store with an in-house Ace Hardware and liquor store thanked their community for their support—and how grateful community members gave the store a “thank you” of its own. RED OVAL ROUNDUP Take Restroom & First Aid Restocking Off Your Plate  You know Aramark as IGA’s Red Oval partner for uniform services, but did you also know they have programs designed to help you with the everyday upkeep of workplace supplies? Take one more thing off your plate with turnkey programs for first aid and restroom monitoring and restocking. IN THE NEWS 4 Things All Grocers Need to Know About CBD (Progressive Grocer) CBRE Report Shows Trends In Grocery Industry Converging on Convenience for Customers, Expanding Stores’ Offerings (CBRE) Maine bans single-use plastic grocery bags by Earth Day 2020 (PBS) 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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