As big chains rush to deliver groceries faster and to more consumers, Moody’s predicts grocery stores may overspend on the service and shoppers may be willing to “subsidize,” but only to a point By NACS Online It’s unclear how much consumers are willing to “subsidize” the convenience of same-day grocery delivery and just how…
Ambitious expansion of cashierless Amazon Go stores in the next few years seen as potential threat to QSRs and fast casual restaurants By NACS Online On the heels of unveiling its first Amazon Go store in Chicago in September, Amazon.com Inc. is now considering scaling up with as many as 3,000 new cashierless Amazon…
After its summer enforcement blitz, the U.S. FDA discovered that more than 1,100 stores and websites were illegally selling e-cig products to minors By NACS Online The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) just announced a series of actions related to the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to underage users. In the largest coordinated enforcement…
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…