By Donna Harris // Oil Price Information Less than half of small and mid-sized bricks-and-mortar retailers of all types accept chip cards at indoor point-of-sale terminals, even a year after…
By Paula Gardner // MLive Michigan’s packaged liquor sales reached a new plateau in 2015, topping the $1 billion mark in wholesale purchases by retailers. Leading the pack were chain…
By Patrick A. Kelley, SNAP Program Analyst This is an important announcement regarding the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Online Purchasing Pilot Request for Volunteers (RFV) published on September 15, 2016.…
By Jackie Borchardt // cleveland.com Ohio’s minimum hourly wage will increase 5 cents next year because of inflation. Non-tipped workers must be paid at least $8.15 an hour and tipped…
Since the October 2015 liability shift, EMV remains frustrating for retailers and confusing for consumers—not a good proposition leading up to the next liability shift in October 2017 NACS Online…
San Francisco federal judge allows a class-action lawsuit brought by retailers over new chip card readers to proceed against credit card companies Bloomberg News reports that Visa, MasterCard and American…
U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin and Rep. Peter Welch discuss the real reasons why banks are now pushing for debit swipe fee reform U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Peter…
A bill cleared the House yesterday that would extend the rule beyond the December 1 deadline The House of Representatives finally took some action related to the Department of Labor’s…
SpartanNash is proud to be the first food distributor in Michigan to sign Migrant Legal Aid’s Fair Food Pledge, affirming our commitment to fair labor practices for the state’s more than…
West Bloomfield, MI (September 21, 2016) — Did you know that the Food industry directly supports 198,000 full and part-time jobs along with an additional 75,000 indirect jobs? The food…