Be Food Safe

Retailers are providing their customers with food safety information and tips through the “Be Food Safe” campaign launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Partnership for Food Safety Education. “Be Food Safe” utilizes colorful, modular icons and photography to illustrate basic safe food-handling practices. Retailers using these icons for display in stores, and in other forms of customer outreach, are helping to restore confidence in the food supply, which surveys show has dropped despite a reduction in the overall rate of foodborne illnesses.

For more information on the “Be Food Safe” campaign.

Virtual Energy Forum – June 10 – 11, 2008

The Virtual Energy Forum is a unique marketing and communication platform that will connect leaders in clean energy products and services with companies from around the world. Live streaming video presentations from energy efficiency and alternative energy thought leaders including real-time Q&A.

The National Grocers Association will also be sponsoring a booth at the Virtual Energy Forum.  Visit us at the Virtual Energy Forum on June 10^th and 11^th and access information on our energy management solutions from the comfort of your computer, without travel cost or fees. Register today!

Mary Macey Scholarship Deadline May 15, 2008

The Women Grocers of America (WGA) is pleased to assist N.G.A. in it pursuit to recruit and retain the next generation of quality managers and entrepreneurs by offering at least two academic scholarships per year worth a minimum of $1,000 each to students intending to pursue a career in the independent sector of the grocery industry.

Retailers and wholesalers who would like to publize the scholarship in their stores, please download and print this 8.5" x 11" printable poster (.pdf 124 kb).

For more information click here.

For questions contact Kristen Comley at kcomley@nationalgrocers.org or call 703-516-0700.

Asparagus Club Scholarship Applications Open

N.G.A. and The Asparagus Club are pleased to announce that applications for the Asparagus Club college scholarships are being accepted for the next academic year.  There is no better way to ensure a healthy future for the grocery industry than by ensuring a constant stream of talented young people who want to make a career in this fascinating and ever-changing business, particularly in the independent retail and wholesale sector.  In the past five years, the Asparagus Club awarded over $100,000 to young men and women who have set out on the road to careers in the industry.  The cut-off date for entry is May 15.

Download the Asparagus Club Scholarship Form (.pdf 118kb)
For more information click here.

Jumpstart Your Employee Recruitment Efforts

N.G.A. is pleased to announce a new partnership program with Careersingrocery.com, the premier online job hosting service for the grocery industry!  Started by two executive recruiters who became tired of using inefficient general online job boards, Careersingrocery.com was created in 2005 to make it easier to find qualified candidates for positions in the retail and wholesale grocery industry.  Today the site has over 90 retail and wholesale companies posting jobs and over 1,600 fully searchable candidate profiles.
As a special members-only benefit, members of N.G.A. can subscribe to the service at a discount of 25% off the regular rate!  To experience the website and try a free demo of the services, please visit www.careersingrocery.com.  For more information, contact Adam Dreyer.