Emerging Benefit Cards in Food Retail
By Ted Mason, Retail Technology Consultant As a food retailer, you may have already or soon will experience a customer presenting a new type of benefit card for payment in […]
Food Allergy Awareness
By Jill Hollingsworth, VP, Food Safety and Retail Industry Relations, Ecolab In recognition of Food Allergy Awareness Month, we are providing a brief refresher on the facts about food allergens […]
The Independent’s Playbook: Growing Into Plant-Based Products
Jim Dudlicek, NGA Director, Communications and External Affairs The meat department is a point of differentiation – and one of pride – for many independent grocers. In-house butchers providing custom […]
Help Promote Food Access in Indigenous Communities with GusNIP
By Pat Jones, Project Coordinator The National Grocers Association Foundation Technical Assistance Center (NGAF TA Center) will be partnering with the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) to offer a […]
Enhancing the Guest and Employee Experience Amid a Labor Shortage: Webinar Key Takeaways
By Jim Dudlicek, NGA Director, Communications and External Affairs Online grocery shopping for pickup or delivery has surged in sales growth and household acceptance far beyond levels predicted before the […]
The Independent’s Playbook: Navigating Inflation
By Jim Dudlicek, NGA Director, Communications and External Affairs When it comes to inflation, the light at the end of the tunnel increasingly resembles an oncoming train. The ingredients of […]
Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Requests for Application Released
By Pat Jones, NGAF TA Center Project Coordinator The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released the requests for application (RFA) for both the nutrition incentive and produce prescription […]
Gen Z and the Future of Grocery: Webinar Key Takeaways
Jim Dudlicek, NGA Director of Communications and External Affairs Gen Z – young people born between 1997 and 2012 – are the most racially and ethnically diverse of any generation. […]
The Independent’s Playbook: Celebrate and Have a Good Springtime
By Jim Dudlicek, Director of Communications and External Affairs The pandemic may not be officially over, with new variants still raising concerns. Yet even with lingering uncertainty, as well as […]
The FDA Model Food Code
By Jill Hollingsworth, VP, Food Safety and Retail Industry Relations, Ecolab What is the Food Code? The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Code is a model code that encompasses guidelines […]