Month: January 2015

The Kentucky Grocers Association and Kentucky Association of Convenience Stores (KGA/KACS) recently recognized Tim Couch, owner of Hyden Grocery, Inc. in Hyden, KY, as the 2014 Grocer of the Year. Couch began his grocery career at the age of 17 working at Dobson’s Supermarket in Manchester, KY. Couch attended Cumberland College and then began working at Shamrock Coal Company where he would spend the next 15 years of his career underground. During his career at Shamrock Coal Company, Couch demonstrated his leadership skills and spent his last five years with the company as a supervisor. …

To create a successful online presence, you need to ensure that you're optimizing your website for specific users in your market. Every vertical should have key messaging points as well as unique elements that differentiate them from websites in different industries. Depending on what your business specializes in, your messaging, how you display that messaging, and the overall features of your site should be relevant to your target users. If you're in the auto industry for example, you can't expect to mirror the same design elements of a successful fashion site and have the same success. …

For a second year, the Jimbo’s…Naturally! 28,000 sq. ft. downtown San Diego Westfield Horton Plaza store earned the prestigious EPA GreenChill Silver Award. …

dunnhumby, the world’s leading customer science company, released its findings on consumer food preferences, a data-driven science study aimed at informing the consumer packaged goods industry and revealing and predicting the future needs of consumers. The report analyzes emerging trends, as well as verifies the validity and accuracy of its 2014 findings. …