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title: "The IGA Minute: An Easy Button Solution for Driving Store Sales"
description: Meet your IGA Red Oval team; new IGA Share Group betters your business; tell us how you celebrated Employee Day; new shopper recipe
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Meet your IGA Red Oval team; new IGA Share Group betters your business; tell us how you celebrated Employee Day; new shopper recipe

| View in browser February 25, 2021 FEATURED STORY An Easy-Button Solution for Driving Store Sales!    Keep your store looking fresh, celebrate the season, and help shoppers make easier, more confident purchase decisions with this new program that merges online shopper offers, seasonal recipes, meal solutions, and other educational content with great-looking in-store signage. Click below to learn more and subscribe to this quarterly, easy-button marketing solution that will help you attract and retain shoppers and ultimately increase sales!  EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION Supermarket Employee Day   How did you celebrate your hard-working supermarket heroes this week? Tell us what you did for Supermarket Employee Day or what you've done for your team over the past year—we'll feature your efforts in a future story! MEET YOUR IGA TEAM Get to Know Your Red Oval Team   IGA is always working to better serve our retailers and wholesalers, which is why we've recently restructured a few departments at the corporate office. We'll be introducing new team members and reintroducing IGA veterans over the next few weeks in this space. This week, get to know your Red Oval team. INSTITUTE INSIGHTS Connect with Peers in the IGA Share Group   Find unique solutions to common challenges facing independent retailers in the IGA Share Group, a forum of peers working to solve similar operational challenges and share best practices for success. Click to sign up today!  SHOPPER SOLUTIONS Recipe: Barley Risotto with Crispy Kale   Crispy kale complements creamy risotto in this recipe, which gives shoppers a great dinner and lets them use any leftover kale as a crunchy snack. Click to share the recipe with your shoppers. IGA ALERT Your COVID-19 Resource Center   Visit IGA Alert to find the latest resources on COVID-19 in the grocery industry, including your state and local guidance, vaccination updates, tips on how to prevent and manage infection, virus prevention signage, associate training, best practices, and more. IN THE NEWS First Supermarket Employee Day debuts (Progressive Grocer) Grocers pivot operations amid tough Texas weather (Grocery Dive) $15 wage not practical for independent grocers (Winsight Grocery Business) Frozen foods heat up as pandemic drives sales growth (Grocery Dive) Increased delivery, pickup use hoists U.S. online grocery sales (Supermarket News) Innovation post-pandemic will play on familiar trends (Grocery Dive) Meijer’s forthcoming small format seeks hyperlocal products (Winsight Grocery Business) 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, content editor of The IGA Minute. For advertising queries, contact Jessica Vician.  Refer Your Friends! Share with your friends on social media IGA Inc., 8745 West Higgins Road, STE 350, Chicago, IL 60631, United States Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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