Supermarket chains these days are addressing many social issues — including food insecurity, neighborhood health needs and youth development — and FMI-The Food Industry Association is recognizing grocers for their efforts.
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Supermarket chains these days are addressing many social issues — including food insecurity, neighborhood health needs and youth development — and FMI-The Food Industry Association is recognizing grocers for their efforts.
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The Connecticut Food Association is pleased to host Molly Montville from Elon University as our Summer Communications Intern. Molly is a rising senior, with majors in Strategic Communications and Economics.
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Geissler’s CEO Robert Rybick spoke with Winsight Grocery Business recently about e-commerce, labor, customers’ expectations, as well as Geissler’s upcoming 100th anniversary. (more…)
In Connecticut, more than 400,000 people struggle to put food on the table. The issue of food insecurity is exacerbated by inflation, increasing the cost of groceries and putting a strain on food banks nationwide. (more…)
The Connecticut legislature and Governor Ned Lamont agreed on a biennial $24.2 billion state budget for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The budget cuts taxes by $600 million and dedicates money to initiatives including mental health care, property tax relief and an extended consumer gas tax hold until December. (more…)
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y World Class Markets added to the collected donations for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief from customers and employees from March 17-30 through their registers, online orders and myExpress check out.
The economy in Connecticut appears to be lagging behind the U.S. average, and a lack of fiscal discipline at the state and local levels continues to be an issue. According to the “2021 Report on Business Climate by State” produced by the Tax Foundation, Connecticut’s business climate is ranked 47th in the U.S. and has lagged in the bottom third for more than two decades.
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Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y’s annual “Sack Hunger” campaign has provided funds for the four food banks within its two-state marketing area. These food banks support local soup kitchens, food pantries, senior food programs, day care centers and 2,100 other member agencies. (more…)
From butchers to business owners, LaBonne’s Markets in Connecticut is six generations strong. A timeline on its website marks the milestones: George LaBonne had a small market and delivered on his horse and buggy in 1900; his son, George Jr., also a butcher, worked with his father until the 1920s when he, his wife and their nine children moved to Moosup, in eastern Connecticut. George began working for The Fulton Markets in Watertown.
Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders agreed in principle on a sales-tax holiday, free CT Transit bus service for a month and a suspension of the state’s 25-cent-a-gallon retail tax on gasoline until June 30. If passed by the legislature, the state would forgo about $100 million in revenue, providing some relief to taxpayers and election-year talking points to politicians as inflation hits the highest point since the midterm elections of 1982.
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