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title: Back to School, the IGA Way
description: Tips for increased snack sales; Stuff the Bus campaigns from IGA retailers;  Dr. Tom's words on supporting schools ring just as true today
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 Tips for increased snack sales; Stuff the Bus campaigns from IGA retailers; Dr. Tom's words on supporting schools ring just as true today

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. September 12, 2019 FROM THE DESK OF Ashley Page Editor, IGA publications  Admiring Your Support of Schools IGA Minute Editor Ashley Page addresses the importance of IGA retailers' support for local schools, sharing insights from Dr. Tom Haggai that ring just as true today as they did when originally published in IGA Grocergram more than a decade ago.  HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS Stuff the Bus Campaigns Give Kids a Solid Start to School Year See how IGA stores across the country are volunteering their time and resources to help local kids prepare for back to school. FEATURED STORY Identify Snack Trends & Boost Sales with These Tips As our lives get busier, more and more people are fueling up on the go. Find out which snack foods are trending and learn about simple merchandising tactics that will help you get your share of snackification sales. RED OVAL ROUNDUP Welcome to the Family, King’s Hawaiian Find out how King’s Hawaiian became the number one shareholder in the dinner bread category, and how this new Red Oval partner plans to work with IGA to drive sales for more meal occasions, from back-to-school lunches to snacking and beyond.  BEST PRACTICE Ditch Money Losers to Free Shelf Space for Profitable Lines See how Northampton IGA uses a weekly Metcash-generated report on deleted lines to strategically mark down and effectively clear slow-moving items from their shelves to make room for more profitable items. Have a Best Practice of Your Own?  We'd like to hear it! UPCOMING WEBINARS Join Us for the Next Category Webinar Looking to build center store profit? IGA CEO John Ross invites you to attend IGA’s next category webinar, Building Cereal Sales, for a deep dive into increasing sales in the ever-important cereal aisle. IN THE NEWS The world wastes tons of food. A grocery 'happy hour' is one answer. (New York Times) Sorenson: Get rid of ethnic "store-within-a-store" (The Shelby Report) Demand for convenience keeps grocery foodservice sales on upswing (Supermarket News) Small wonders: how grocers are trying to get scaled-down stores just right (Grocery Dive Refer Your Friends! Share with your friends on social media or email 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 bit more time? Click "a minute more" to get the full scoop. Subscribe Here! Don't forget to follow us on: Facebook  \|  LinkedIn 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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