Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers

Minnesota and Vermont have now officially designated another group of workers as emergency personnel: grocery clerks. This means the workers hurrying to stock shelves and check out customers in those states will also receive free child care.

Giants Lobbying to Keep Shelves Stocked

March 20, 2020 Megan Wilson, Bloomberg

Lobbying groups that represent companies including Target Corp., The Clorox Co., and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, are pushing for an exemption from local gathering bans and curfews in the U.S. so that stores can replenish products that are rapidly disappearing from store shelves.

Trident Seafoods Restricts Access to Largest Plant in North America

March 19, 2020 CAROLINE LESTER, KUCB

Trident Seafoods has restricted access between its Akutan plant and the local town in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Secret of Flowers: They Cause Us to Feel Happiness

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, E. Shaunn Alderman, associate publisher of FLORAL BUSINESS magazine, shares a message about the value of enjoying flowers and plants.

Joliet’s Milano Bakery: ‘Everybody Needs to Stay Calm’

March 19, 2020 Patch Joliet IL

Located on the main gateway into downtown Joliet, Milano Bakery has been in business since 1915. Milano kept baking fresh loaves of bread and sweets during World War I, The Great Depression, World War II, Vietnam and other international crisis. Its latest challenge is growing concern about the spread of the new coronavirus.