Children are back in school and the Ohio corn fields are full and tall. I actually saw Halloween decorations in the store the other day. Can’t summer just last a little bit longer? 9/30/2018 is your Experience “snapshot” for the upcoming 7/1/2019 Rate Year: One of the most important dates this month is September…
By: Randall A. Denha, JD, LL.M. Alert! There’s a new tax strategy available that’s been tucked snugly into the blanket of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and provides significant deferral and reducing of capital gains. The law’s objective is to promote investment in qualified opportunity zones (“QOZ”). The QOZ allows taxpayers to take advantage…
Additional sugar on ingredient lists can have a negative impact on purchasing decisions, shoppers say By NACS Online Consumers say that listing added sugars on the upcoming new Nutrition Facts Label would impact their purchase decisions, according to a survey by Ingredion Inc., an ingredient provider based in Westchester, Illinois, and reported by Food Business…
More cities and counties are enacting their own bans on selling tobacco to those under 21 By NACS Online Local governments are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to enacting a higher smoking age, Stateline/Pew Charitable Trustsreports. Currently there are only six states with 21 as the legal smoking age. In…
The law criminalizes the act of placing skimming or scanning devices on ATMs and gas pumps By NACS Online Pennsylvania’s new law that criminalizes putting scanning or skimming devices on ATMs and fuel pumps is now in effect, Land Line Magazinereports. The previous regulation made it hard for prosecutors to charge individuals who are…
By the Los Angeles Times California is poised to become the first state to restrict the distribution of plastic straws at restaurants under a bill approved Thursday by lawmakers, capturing the attention of environmentalists nationwide who hope the idea, like many with origins in the Golden State, will spread across the nation. The legislation, which would…
LED lighting and thermal energy storage are the newest green energy solutions for grocers By NACS Online According to FoodDive, grocers and retailers quickly are realizing the benefits of green energy solutions that trim costs, reduce their carbon footprint and improve the customer experience. Walmart says it reduced costs by more than $100 million by…
BY Alexander Coolidge// Cincinnati Enquirer Kroger said it will ban the use of plastic checkout bags in its grocery stores by 2025. America’s largest supermarket chain said it will transition from single-use to reusable bags and ultimately eliminate 123 million pounds of garbage annually sent to landfills. That would quadruple the amount of plastic the…
The digital future is now. So why are traditional grocery stores better than ever? BY DAVID LANDSEL // Food & Wine Very recently, in San Antonio, Texas, a little boy named Thomas had a birthday party, and that birthday party went viral. Thomas was turning five, which is kind of a big deal, at least…
Millennials and Gen Xers have pushed out baby boomers as the largest consumer group in the wine market By NACS Online Wine sales have been growing, with total U.S. wine sales topping $32 billion in 2017, and a healthy sales projection of more than 6% annually through 2022 to hit $43 billion, Marketing Daily…