By NACS Government Relations It is anticipated that House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) will introduce legislation any day that will include language to fully repeal debit swipe fee reform. Hensarling has stated publicly that passing his Choice Act is his top legislative priority of 2017 and that he expects the full House of…
By NACS Government Relations Earlier this month Congresswoman Cathy McCmorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) re-introduced the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act in their respective chambers. Mrs. McMorris Rodgers was joined this time by Congressman Tony Cardenas as the lead democrat sponsor along with more than 30 other bipartisan original co-sponsors. On…
The Governor signed two pieces of legislation on January 5th that will open up new sales opportunities for alcohol retailers across Michigan. As discussed in greater detail in previous editions of this publication off-premise retailers will now be able to sell growlers, ship wine, and deliver products. This article is meant to provide more specifics…
The 6th Circuit wrote in a 12-page opinion that the state of Michigan’s policy denying food assistance to those with outstanding felony warrants is unconstitutional. At issue in the case is the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, and a state policy which bans people from receiving benefits who have fled prosecution…
By Kevin Besey, Director // MDARD Food and Dairy Division Preventing foodborne illness at retail food establishments requires the consistent use of a series of coordinated food safety measures as outlined in the federal Food Code and Michigan Food Law. MDARD’s new data management capabilities implemented over the past year allow us to better use regulatory…
Posted by Kristen Cloud // the Shelby report In a new industry-wide effort to reduce consumer confusion about product date labels, grocery manufacturers and retailers have joined together to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products. Currently, more than 10 different date labels on packages—such as Sell By, Use By,…
By TODD PRINCE // LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL George Duren, a 73-year old supermarket owner, will be flying back from Las Vegas to Port St. Joe, Florida, with clear ideas on how to improve sales at his recently opened, 48,000 square feet high-end grocery store. Dressed in khakis and a brown plaid shirt and clutching a…
The company has added a new line of snack bars and crackers without GMOs and artificial ingredients NACS Online Mondelez International Inc. is focusing its attention on its snacks, debuting a new line of snack bars and crackers made without artificial ingredients or GMOs as well as overhauling some current products, Bloomberg reports. For the…
A Mississippi retailer installed a burglar alarm on its pumps, while an Ohio gas station owner has secured his pumps with padlocks NACS Online Retailers are getting creative in their fight against credit card thieves at the pump. One Mississippi gas station operator teamed up with a burglar alarm company to arm its pumps against…
Posted by Kristen Cloud // The Shelby Report Analysis by Inmar Inc. of 2016 coupon activity reveals an ongoing “promotional transposition,” with paperless, digital coupons beginning to overtake traditional paper coupons in popularity. Inmar’s analysis shows that, among the more than 2.2 billion coupons redeemed by shoppers last year, the share of redemption captured by…