Honor System Pays Off For Panera’s Nonprofit Cafe
Panera plans to expand its nonprofit pay-what-you-want cafe concept to new markets after seeing success with the first location, opened a month ago in Clayton, MO. …
Month: June 2010
Marvin’s Organic Gardens To Compost Walmart Waste
Marvin’s Organic Gardens won a contract from Walmart to compost food waste from as many as 160 of its stores in Ohio. …
Giant Eagle, Meat Cutters Union OK Pacts That Give Raises
Grocery store workers and meat cutters at 36 corporate-owned Giant Eagle Supermarket Inc. stores approved two new four-year labor contracts Friday that give them a $1.55-an-hour raise over four years, union officials said. …
Stripling’s Sausage Earns Finalist Spot In GA Family Business Competition
Striplings General Store was named a finalist in the recent Georgia Family Business of the Year competition in the Small Category (fewer than 50 employees). Our sausage is a unique, original product on which we have built a successful business, company spokeswoman Ashley Goss said. …
Award-Winning Bangor Meat Man Is A Cut Above
Brad Lueck, a meat processor at Hansens IGA in Bangor, enjoys coming up with new meat recipes for his employer. I like to try out different things, Lueck said. Unlike many grocery stores, Hansens has a wide assortment of meat products created in-house and doesnt just stick to a few tried-and-true recipes. …