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Grocers, General-Merchandise Stores Added Jobs in February

Food and beverage stores posted modest job gains as general-merchandise stores recovered some of the jobs shed in January.

Retailers

States, Cities Show Support for Supermarket Employee Day

Created by FMI–The Food Industry Association, the day celebrates employees at every level for serving their communities during periods of crisis, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Retailers

Hiring, Onboarding Challenges Still an Issue in Food

By Phil Lempert on Feb. 11, 2021

The Lempert Report: How and where new opportunities are promoted matters to the younger, tech savvy potential employee.

Retailers

Can Price Chopper and Tops Build an Empire?

By Jon Springer on Feb. 09, 2021

Basket Economics: Business realities smooth over differences as long-standing New York regional independents prepare to join forces.

Retailers

Grocery Stores See Job Gains in January

By Christine LaFave Grace on Feb. 05, 2021

Food and beverage stores added more jobs in January than they did in December, according to BLS data, while warehousing and delivery jobs declined for the month.

Retailers

Kroger Announces Worker Vaccine Incentive and a Additional Bonus

By Jon Springer on Feb. 05, 2021

Under local pressure and amid widespread criticism, the retailer said it would pay workers $100 to get vaccinated, and provide $50 million in store credits and gas discounts as a separate "thank-you" to front-line workers.

Industry Partners

What Gen Zers Want and What Grocery Can Do to Recruit Them

By Kristina Peters on Jan. 28, 2021

The generation brings new challenges for the retail food industry in attracting this incoming workforce, but it can be done, a FMI Midwinter Executive Conference session explores

Retailers

5 Lessons Learned: Moving the Needle on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Grocery Industry

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 28, 2021

"You have to keep asking yourselves, 'Are we solving the right problem? How do we keep listening?'" Schnucks CEO Todd Schnuck says at FMI's Midwinter Executive Conference.

Industry Partners

How the Pandemic Tested Industry Culture

By Jon Springer on Jan. 25, 2021

In the struggle to keep workers and shoppers healthy, and stores safe and in-stock, retailers and supply partners such as Giant and Nestle demonstrated a model for the future of work, an FMI Midwinter Conference event demonstrated.

Retailers

Instacart to Phase Out 1,800 Employee Pickers

By Jon Springer on Jan. 22, 2021

The new curbside pickup models will leverage contract shoppers and retail employees as retailers seek more efficient solutions; labor tensions escalate as union workers are impacted.

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