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Advancing the Food Industry of Minnesota Summer 2020
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COVER
This year has seen a multitude
Sales and Advertising of challenges. See what’s
Karly Ackerman, Minnesota Grocers cooking for the food industry
Association of Minnesota.
Editors
Jamie Pfuhl, Minnesota Grocers Association
Design
Contents
Ideal Printers Inc.
MGA Board of Directors
Chair
Kris Kowalski Christiansen, Kowalski’s
Companies, Inc.
Past Chair
Mark Collier, Superfair Foods F EATURES
Vice Chairs 8 Talking ‘Bout Every Generation
Brian Audette, UNFI
Greg Kurr, KEMPS Retail food industry consultant Michael Sansolo examines the
Patrick Miner, Miner’s, Inc. food industry workforce, noticing how each generation has its own
Chris Quisberg, S & R Quisberg, Inc. complexities. As awareness and demands grow, Sansolo discusses the
Paul Radermacher, Radermacher Holdings, Inc.
Craig Thorvig, Chris’ Food Center need to be more focused on proactive solutions to motivate and oversee
Doug Winsor, Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc. people with such vastly different needs and work styles.
Directors
Jim Almsted, Almsted Enterprises
12 Spotlight on Industry Trends: Dairy
Darren Caudill, Cub Foods The dairy category has faced many changes in recent years. Check out
Greg Cross, SpartanNash these pages for highlights of trends and innovations.
Mary Fuhrman, Hy-Vee Food Stores
Curtis Funk, Lund Food Holdings, Inc. 16 8 Ways Food Retailing Will Change Forever from COVID-19
Michael Hajlo, Pepsi Beverages Company The global Coronavirus pandemic has profoundly disrupted the idea
Greg Hasper, Post Consumer Brands (MGA of business as usual. Mike Troy and Gina Acosta of Progressive Grocer
Council Chair)
Rob Jones, Associated Wholesale Grocers highlight the most profound ways the industry’s future has been altered.
Jaime Mackenthun, Mackenthun’s Fine Foods
Kristi Magnuson Nelson, Hugo’s/Valley 20 MGA and its Members Respond to COVID-19
Markets, Inc. As the food industry of Minnesota responds and adjusts to ‘the new
Paul Martin, Willie’s Super Valu normal’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, MGA members stepped up once
Dave Meyer, Coborn’s, Inc. again to serve the communities in Minnesota. Also, see how the MGA
Tom Reinhart, Kwik Trip, Inc.
Brandon Smith, Holiday Stationstores, Inc. has supported member companies as we navigate challenges of this
Andrea Teal, Teal’s Management crisis and focus on best practices.
Lauri Youngquist, Knowlan’s Super Markets, Inc.
MGA Staff 23 MGA Foundation Golf – We Missed You!
Jamie Pfuhl – President Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to cancel our annual MGA
Karly Ackerman – Membership/ Foundation golf event. Take a fun look back at the 22-year history of the
Communications Manager outstanding event.
Katie Frederick – Accounting/Office
Administrator
Mike Karbo – Vice President
24 MGA Foundation Awards 30 College Scholarships in 2020
Government Affairs
The MGA Foundation awarded $1,000 scholarships to 30 outstanding
college students. Meet this year’s deserving scholarship recipients.
Minnesota Grocer covers the Minnesota food
industry: supermarkets, superstores, convenience
stores, specialty grocers, wholesalers, sales agents
28 MGA “Piggyback” Scholarship Program Continues to Expand
and manufacturers. Minnesota Grocer, published
Now in its tenth year, the MGA’s “Piggyback” college scholarship
quarterly, is the official publication of the Minnesota program has grown even more popular. This year, nine MGA member
Grocers Association. Subscription price is included companies provided 56 education awards to their employees or those
with membership. Reprints available. employees’ dependents.
In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and to support
Minnesota Business, MGA prints this magazine on Flo 32 MGA Honors the Best of 2019 Bag Hunger Campaign –
coated papers. Flo is made and manufactured in Cloquet,
Minnesota. It is FSC certified (meaning more trees are
Previews 2020 Campaign
planted by the paper industry in these forests than are cut Thanks to the generous efforts of our exceptional retail and vendor
down to be used for making paper) and is made up of at partners, the 2019 Bag Hunger Campaign was an outstanding success.
least 10% recycled fiber. Together we made an impact in the fight to end hunger within our
communities. We recognize the programs dedicated supporters, and
Minnesota Grocers Association the Silver Plate winners. Preview the 2020 campaign to make it the best
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Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020 5
From the President
JA M I E PF UH L
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s you may know, I enjoy riding more details to register for this
my bike, and it has been an fantastic event.
important part of survival for me
these last few weeks. You can social T he true test of leadership
distance, don’t need to wear a mask, position to lead industry through this
and you can’t hear your phone. One is how well you function in crisis. This critical time has proven
of my favorite things when I am out the value of having established
riding my bike this time of year is a crisis. relationships and a voice to lead
passing lilac bushes. I am pedaling — BRIAN TRACY on behalf of industry. The entire
along the road and there is this MGA team has been incredibly
fragrant aroma of lovely lilacs. For I want to take a moment to say honored to represent industry,
me, it is one of those moments that thank you. Your leadership and support our members, and provide
makes you smile. This year it also management of the Covid-19 tangible solutions.
had a grounding effect – it made crisis has been truly unbelievable. Thank you for creating the safest
me realize that there is still a little In our lifetime we have never possible environment for your team
normal – and one way or another it experienced anything like this; there members and customers. The work
will be ok. Through all this craziness, were no templates, blueprints, or of industry these last 15 weeks has
I hope you find your version of a bike best practices to follow. We had to been just short of amazing. You
ride with a lilac bush or two. navigate using common sense and found solutions for all different
This issue of the Minnesota Grocer instinct – something our industry sectors of your community. You
is exciting because it too provides has proven they can do incredibly acknowledged your workers who
a little sense of normal. Though well. We set examples for others to hung in there day after day. You
we had to cancel our Annual MGA follow, we helped the leadership of provided creative solutions and
Foundation Golf Event, you will our state navigate the immediate, immediate responses to the evolving
see a little flashback of the last 22 and we rocked it! crisis. You have earned a whole new
years of tournaments on page 23. Thank you for supporting the level of respect from your customers
We are so excited to showcase our MGA and allowing us to be in a and community. Thank you!
2020/2021 scholarship winners (see
pages 24 - 30). Also, check out the
highlights of the MGA’s work during
this Covid-19 crisis and industry’s
response in the People, Stores, &
Companies section.
You may notice some changes
due to the Covid pandemic; we
have had to cancel our Annual
Conference. This is the first time this
has happened and we are all missing
the opportunity to get together,
honor the excellence of our industry,
learn something new, and visit with
friends. That being said, we are
so excited to announce the “MGA
Great Grocery Get Together”. This
fall we will meet in person, honor
our industry, learn a little, play some
golf, and enjoy some much‑needed
camaraderie. We are so thankful to
our sponsors who have committed
to our new event, and we promise
everyone will find great value in
attending. Watch your email for
6 Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020
Talking ‘bout ev
Written exclusively for the MGA
by Michael Sansolo
T
here’s an amazing mix of generations brings with to how they were raised – some
population reality that it heightened challenges of generations with strict rules and
all retailers know all determining how to motivate and others in more permissive times.
too well these days. The oversee people with such vastly Likewise each generation grew up
aisles of stores in 2020 different needs and work styles. with very different technologies.
(well, when we aren’t all social The New York Times recently For managers this a
distancing) are crowded now dedicated an entire magazine total headache.
with an incredible variety of to the strange issues raised by However, there are tools
generational representatives. this situation. One interesting managers can use to improve
Start with so call “traditionals,” anecdote from that publication: their skills overall and their
people who grew up in the 1930s a company found that younger abilities to work with this
and 40s under the twin clouds of workers had no experience with wide range of people.
the Great Depression and World answering and transferring Two recent studies from the
War II. Then come the post-war calls to any other person. The Coca-Cola Retailing Research
boomers born mainly in the 1950s reason is simple: for their entire Councils (of which I am the
and now in their 50s, 60s and lives members of generation Z research director) examined
70s. They mix with the Xers (born (and many millennials) have managerial skills for managers
from the mid-1960s through had a dedicated cell phone that in the supermarket and
the 1970s), the millennials or belongs to them and only them. convenience store industries.
Ys who were born in the 80s For that reason, every time they A quick review of either study
and 90s and, increasingly, get a call they know it is for shows simple, yet powerfully
Generation Z, born in the them. Nothing gets transferred. effective activities managers can
beginning of the new century. That is just a small example take to quickly improve their
As we notice with our of the generation gaps popping skills and, in the process, the
shoppers, each generation is up in the workforce. As the performance of their teams.
complex featuring a wide range Times’ articles make clear other (And let’s make it clear that
of habits, needs and wants. changes go much deeper thanks these actions matter to both the
But there is a second equally top and bottom line.
important part of this
generational stew. The
modern workforce mirrors
the mix we see in our
shoppers. For the first time
ever, companies have five
very different generations
mixing in the workforce
and just as is the case
with shopping habits,
their work styles are
remarkably different.
For today’s managers
this incredible
8 Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020
very generation
The more recent study – done Communication is, of course, Training matters:
by the convenience store council a two-way street. Just as staffers Top management isn’t exempt
– demonstrates that better want to hear messages clearly, from these lessons. As the studies
management leads to more they also value managers who make clear, top management
engaged employees, which in listen to them. Staffers talked need to show commitment to
turn leads to improved sales, about how much they resent improved store level leadership
profits and shopper loyalty.) managers who simply read by providing on-going training
Some of the key lessons instructions off a computer or to help managers enhance their
from the studies are: clipboard. They want eye contact skills and lead their teams better
and a sense that managers than ever. Sadly, many lack
Communication is everything:
listen to their concerns. opportunities for this training.
The studies clearly highlight
communication as the key Share credit and blame: Measure what matters:
to improved management Staffers resent managers who The council studies also focus on
skills. Staffers respond best to find a way to take credit for the importance of staff retention.
managers who provide clear any successes or good news Keeping your best people always
instructions, helping everyone and find a way to blame others matters. Overall, retention
best understand what is expected when things go wrong. This ensures you have experienced
of them and, when possible, type of management, the staffers whose institutional
why. Interestingly, even young subject of great parody on the knowledge leads to efficiencies
staffers say they prefer in television show, “The Office,” and high levels of customer
person communication and annoys front-line workers to service. As countless human
team meetings over electronic no end, and frays relationships resource managers have said
messaging. The reason is simple: between managers and staffers. for years, staffers quit managers
they value equal treatment Both credit and blame need not companies. Providing
and they believe messages to be shared. In addition, management training leads to
given one-on-one create the managers must avoid blaming better managers, better staff and
potential for unequal treatment. “higher ups” or “corporate” for improved financial performance.
difficult announcements. In countless ways the path
to management is both more
complex and critical, especially
in a time when those
front-line workers are
more stressed and
important than ever.
All studies from the
Coca-Cola Retailing
Research Council may
be freely downloaded
at www.ccrrc.org.
Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020 9
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DAIRY
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very sector of the food industry ready to eat right out of the package. then by continuing to buy milk and
is evolving at breakneck speeds. Crystal Farms Cheese Wraps were other products at disproportionately
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Dairy Company, for your
trends and categories. Check out Americans say they will continue
historic support of the Minnesota
these trends! With new products to cook more and eat out less. With
Grocers Association and your
hitting the shelf every day, see how dairy once again proving itself as a
industry leadership. Contact
our dairy partners are going above powerhouse category, it will likely
Kaci Levorsen at kaci.levorsen@
and beyond in the industry. continue to see an above-average
crystalfarms.com or 952-259-2989 to
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Crystal *** Thank you, Prairie Farms,
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onset of the
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other retail stores surpassed food-
modern diets like Keto, Atkins, communities
away-from-home spending. With
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Americans in self-isolation, working
who simply enjoy the taste of cheese. through The Giving Cow Project, the
from home and home-schooling
According to the NPD Group’s farmer-owned dairy company located
children, and no access to dine-in
2018 National Eating Trends in St. Paul, Minn., is doing even more
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Outlook, dieting habits, along with to care for those who need it most.
new food-related skills and habits
convenience and portability, are Milk is the most requested item in
like cooking and meal planning.
fueling sales as consumers are on food banks and pantries, and due to
During this time of uncertainty,
the search for healthier alternatives. refrigeration, among other factors,
consumers sought a sense of
With wraps and sandwiches families only receive less than 1
reassurance and turned to dairy
dominating home meals by more gallon of milk a year, on average.
products as tried and true comfort
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the past three months, show that
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consumers reacted to the coronavirus
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crisis first by stocking up on dairy,
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Will Change Forever
THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS PROFOUNDLY
DISRUPTED THE IDEA OF ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL.’
By Mike Troy and Gina Acosta
Reprinted with permission from Progressive Grocer (87th Annual Report, April 2020)
hroughout Progressive was passed on to their descendants. who wanted to engage with them
Grocer’s 98-year history, Every aspect of food retailers’ digitally. Others were caught
various events have had a operations will be impacted by this flat‑footed.
seismic effect on consumer aversion to surfaces, ushering in the It’s tragic that it took a tragedy to
behavior and food retailers’ age of touchless commerce. Some wake many food retailers from their
operations. Another one of retailers have already moved in that slumber, but it has, and they’re now
those times is at hand. Vastly direction with contactless payment all aboard the digital train, racing
different from the wars, features in their mobile apps, helping into the future. COVID-19 has served
civil disruptions, financial shoppers avoid in-store PIN pads as the ultimate catalyst to accelerate
meltdowns and terrorism- and touchless deliveries. But there innovation around the shopping
induced crises that preceded it, are countless other touchpoints in experience of the future. Food
COVID-19 will have many lasting a physical store, where retailers will retailers demonstrated what they’re
effects on the food and consumables need to proactively address shoppers’ capable of as a result of COVID-19,
industry. Consistent with PG’s angst through a continuation of and going forward, success will come
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aspiration to be “ahead of what’s enhanced sanitation measures. to those who continue to exercise
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next,” here are eight of the most Ecommerce acceleration: their newfound sense of urgency.
profound ways the industry’s future Pre-COVID-19, retailers would Balance sheets matter:
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has been altered. talk about disruption, the Financial advisers recommend
The advent of T-commerce: accelerating pace of change that individuals maintain an
Faced with the prospect of and multiyear transformation emergency fund sufficient to
contracting a deadly virus, agendas. Those phrases have cover three to six months’ living
shoppers donned various types all gained new significance, expenses. Too bad more retailers
of surgical masks and gloves because nothing is more didn’t heed that advice prior
to navigate the aisles of their disruptive than a global pandemic. If to the COVID-19 outbreak.
neighborhood grocery stores. the pace of change seemed fast prior Retailers deemed nonessential
The unsettling images — to January, it was nothing compared discovered the hard way how
something out of an apocalyptic with the past few months. Food and poorly prepared they were for
movie, really — are far removed from consumables retailers showed what the nation’s health care crisis. An
the more pleasant experiences that speed really looks like by taking extended period of store closures
shoppers routinely had in a pre- action at a blinding pace. When lives has left many retailers, in addition
COVID-19, pre-social-distancing, are on the line, those three-year to their landlords, strapped for
pre-pandemic world. strategic transformation plans go out cash. So they’ve employed extreme
At some point in the future, the window. measures such as tapping lines
shoppers will put away the masks And so it is with ecommerce, an of credit, furloughing hourly and
and the gloves, but the general area where many food retailers had headquarters employees, cutting the
desire to avoid surfaces will remain. been moving at a leisurely pace. It’s pay of the latter group while also
An entire generation of shoppers only been in the past three or four cutting dividend payments, capital
has been taught a harsh lesson years that industry majors such as expenditures and every conceivable
about the perils of touching things, Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons and discretionary expenditure.
much the same way that the Great Ahold Delhaize USA have begun to For those companies that were
Depression left a deep imprint of seriously ramp up basic omnichannel already struggling to grow sales
frugality on the psyches of those offerings such as grocery pickup and and produce profits in a vigorous
who lived through it, and which delivery. Even so, they struggled to economy, the COVID-19 crisis will
handle the sudden surge of shoppers accelerate their demise. But even
16 Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020Food retailers demonstrated
what they’re capable of as
a result of COVID-19, and
going forward, success will
come to those who continue
to exercise their newfound
sense of urgency.
those that are more successful saw learned during this health care There may also be new regulatory
the situation that unfolded rapidly crisis. There’s now a sharpened hurdles coming that restrict beverage
during February and March expose understanding of the correlation dispensers, bulk food containers or
the vulnerabilities of their business between the costs of offering salad bars. For now, it’s imperative
models and finances. expansive assortments and the that grocers install more sanitary,
The scenario facing nonessential value provided to shoppers who touchless self-service stations (Lidl
retailers, and the wide range were forced to make new choices. uses them in its U.S. stores) or
of desperate cash conservation Customers won’t care if they must remove them altogether, depending
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measures now in place, should serve choose between 50 types of olive on customer response.
as a cautionary tale for retailers of oil instead of 100, Spring Meadow Future of foodservice:
food and consumables. Check your or Fresh Scent laundry detergent, The shuttered foodservice
balance sheet. How strong is it, and a 12- or 18-count pack of toilet industry lost an estimated $25
what would happen if the shoe were paper, or other equally insignificant billion in sales and more than 3
on the other foot and a different choices found among center store million jobs in the first 22 days
type of crisis required operations to planograms clogged with items that of March as the coronavirus
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be curtailed? Senior leaders at food detract from supply chain efficiency. outbreak swept the United
retailing companies will be asking The death of self-service as States. The post-pandemic
“what if?” a lot more in the coming we know it: consumer will continue to avoid
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years, or at least they should be. When the coronavirus pandemic restaurants, but will still need to visit
Supply chain simplification: started ramping up in the supermarkets to buy groceries, thus
The COVID-19 outbreak gave United States in March, the first increasing the potential to purchase
new meaning to the phrase thing that Southeastern grocer prepared foods as a surrogate for
“March Madness,” normally K-VA-T Food Stores/Food City restaurant meals. But Americans
associated with the popular did was shut down its sampling are looking down the barrel of a
college basketball tournament. and self-service food stations. Shortly recession, which means that even if
Shoppers flocked to stores and thereafter, other grocery chains foodservice comes roaring back in
stockpiled in ways that veteran such as Giant Food and Wegmans the fall, the average consumer isn’t
retailers had never seen. Kroger, for Food Markets announced similar going to be splurging on prepared
example, disclosed a 30% increase measures. Even when the pandemic foods in the deli as much as they
in its identical-store sales for March. finally eases, hard choices will have used to. And then there’s the
Amid such frenzied activity, shoppers to be made about sampling activities sanitation issue.
weren’t selective about brands — and other self-service features. “Foodservice businesses that
they were buying categories, happy The COVID-19 virus shattered do reopen will have a longer and
that merchandise was even available. consumer confidence in the safety more challenging path to regain
The situation that unfolded last of unpackaged food. For weeks, consumer confidence for on-the-
month revealed the inherent conflict consumers have been bombarded premise consumption,” David Smith,
that has long existed between with news coverage about how president and CEO of Associated
merchandising strategies rooted to avoid germs, including reports Wholesale Grocers, said during a
in breadth of assortment and the showing how long the COVID-19 PG webinar in March.“Touching
operational challenges of supply virus lingers on door knobs and things that others touch and being
chain efficiency. The latter will play food utensils (it’s actually days). in close proximity to others is going
an even more important role in Understandably, consumers are
retailers’ merchandising strategies worried about germs, which creates Continued on next page
going forward as a result of lessons huge ramifications for retailers.
Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020 178 Ways Food Retailing Will consumers are taking this time to shift for a period of time to more at-
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Change Forever cook and tackle recipes for meals home cooking.”
that they would typically purchase Associate investments:
Continued from previous page
as manufactured products at the With millions of service-oriented
to be a big concern going forward grocery store. Americans who previously
and will cause people to question According to shoppable recipe worked at restaurants, hotels
how they can best cope and keep platform Chicory, recipes for and nonessential retailers now
themselves safe.” homemade tortillas and bread from unemployed, food retailers
While cleanliness has always been scratch spiked in March, surpassing have emerged to fill the void.
critical in foodservice, the need to the typically popular 15-minute or But can you take someone who
clean, sanitize and manage safety will three-ingredient-style recipes. The previously worked on a cruise ship
never be as important as it will be in COVID-19 pandemic is poised to and put them to work in an Amazon
a post-COVID-19 society. The upshot create an entire generation of shut- warehouse or at the curbside pickup
for grocers intent on capturing a ins who will want to cook at home desk at Ralphs? Maybe, but retailers
larger share of foodservice dollars will more than go to restaurants, for two are going to have to revamp their
be to implement extreme cleaning, reasons: avoiding contamination and hiring and training protocols to get
sanitation and safety protocols to saving money during a recession. those people up to speed quickly,
entice pandemic-panicked shoppers Grocery stores and manufacturers and increasingly with new skill
back to foodservice. And these will be long-term beneficiaries of sets. Grocers will need to accelerate
safety measures will need to be these trends. investments in automation as
more effectively communicated for For example, spice maker labor becomes more expensive and
McCormick said that its March
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shoppers to regain trust. consumers demand pickup and
sales soared as people loaded their delivery options that drain profits.
The pandemic pantry pantries. CEO Lawrence Kurzius told
will linger: Operating costs will remain under
analysts on an earnings call that he pressure for a long time. We can
With federal, state and expects consumption to continue at
local measures in place to expect retailers’ financial statements
an extraordinary level.“This pantry- to be adjusted for all of these
promote social distancing stocking behavior is a one-time surge
and many restaurants closed, increased costs, not just in the short
that isn’t sustainable, but there is a term, but also in the long term, as
consumers are spending real incremental consumption that is
more time at home than ever profits face considerable pressure.
happening,” Kurzius said.“We believe
before. Network data shows that that there is going to be a sustained
18 Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020BRONZE LEVEL
Associated Wholesale
Grocers, Inc.
GOLD LEVEL Barrel O’ Fun & Rachel’s
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Crystal Farms Blue Bunny
KEMPS Country Hearth / Pan-O-Gold
Baking Company
Pepsi Beverages Company
Frescados Premium Tortillas
SpartanNash Frito-Lay, Inc.
UNFI / Cub H. Brooks and Company
Hormel Foods
SILVER LEVEL J&B Group / No Name
KeHE Distributors
Arctic Glacier Ice Kwik Trip, Inc.
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Land O’ Frost / Ambassador
Hy-Vee Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Keurig / 7UP Mason Brothers Company
Post Consumer Brands
Old Dutch Foods, Inc.
Prairie Farms
Russ Davis Wholesale SCR / Hill Phoenix
Sparboe Companies Valley News Company
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Contact Karly Ackerman at kackerman@mngrocers.com or 651-228-0973MGA and its Members
High-level overview of the proactive work
O
NE OF THE MINNESOTA GROCERS ASSOCIATION’S Since March 13, the MGA has been in constant
cornerstone objectives is to be the relevant voice of contact with you, our members. To keep you
industry from farm to fork. In March, the COVID-19 updated on the latest and most pertinent
pandemic crippled the entire nation. As the severity information on the COVID-19 crisis, the MGA
of the crisis was realized, the MGA lead the way and sent out over 55 COVID-19 Email Updates
became the reliable and trusted voice of this pandemic. Your MGA (sometimes twice a day) and hosted close to
team worked around the clock to advance, navigate, and respond 30 Capitol Check Out-COVID-19 Update calls
to the needs of industry maximizing relationships with Governor to give membership pertinent, up-to-the-
Walz, his administration, and state/federal agencies. Utilizing all minute information to help navigate during this
available tools and resources, we spoke to the local media and chaotic time. The MGA team spent countless
used our social media reach to educate Minnesotans on industry’s hours responding to questions and being
response and commitment. We outlined the important safety your needed resource. (Note: as of print, these
measures the entire food industry had put into place to be leaders communications are still ongoing). The MGA
during this unprecedented time. created 14 customized signs/factsheets ranging
March 17 – Gov. Walz signs MGA partners with MN Food & Agriculture Industry
Executive Order declaring Department of Agriculture to moved to Tier 1 for Child Care
food industry workers as provide immediate relief
essential to MN Producers–Farm to
Retail
March 17 – MGA created
signage on ways to protect MGA industry leaders speak
yourself in the workplace with Governor Walz
on pandemic needs and
employee safety
March 13 – Governor March 19 – MGA releases
Walz declares peacetime media update on industry
health and well-being March 25 – Governor Walz
emergency
declares Stay at Home
March 13 – MGA begins March 20 – MGA works with Order
COVID-19 Email Updates Attorney General to combat
price gouging March 27 – Cares Act signed
and Capitol Check Out -
into law - providing financial
COVID-19 Update Calls
relief
March 16 – MGA releases
March 18 – City of Duluth MGA works with MN DEED
media statement on
delays bag fee and MN Department of
industry conditions MGA created signage for
Labor Commissioners on
essential employees to
March 17 – Emergency workforce support
guide on best practices
relief to motor carriers and
drivers March 23 – Families First
Coronavirus Response Act Date: April 29, 2020
To: «Contact», «Store_Name»
MGA Capitol Check Out - COVID-19 Update - Tomorrow
The MGA hosted a COVID-19 special edition Capitol Check Out on Tuesday (click here to listen).
(FFCRA) announced
The MGA Legislative Team will continue to provide you the latest updates and get your feedback on
needed support. This call is open to all MGA members and will last 30 minutes. Please join us for the
next important update on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. by calling 1-515-604-9094 meeting
number 988-290-775.
COVID-19 Resources
The MGA has a number of COVID-19 resources for members to use with the public and employees. To
see the latest MGA resources, please go to www.mngrocers.com.
Gov. Walz to Announce Stay At Home Changes Tomorrow
Gov. Tim Walz and Congressman Collin Peterson held a press conference today at JBS pork plant in
March 24 – MGA created page
Worthington to discuss processing concerns. The press conference comes a day after President Trump
issued an order requiring meat processing plants to remain open as fears grow over a meat shortage.
Union leaders, Gov. Walz and Congressman Peterson are also meeting today about safety concerns and
the need for additional personal protective equipment (PPE). At the press conference, Gov. Walz said
that he will be making an announcement tomorrow regarding the Stay At Home order, which is set to
expire on May 4. During the press conference today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and
on our website for Minnesota
Economic Development (DEED) announced a new program called “MN Symptom Screener” to assist
businesses. For more information, click here.
DOC Weights and Measures Inspections to Start
The Minnesota Department of Commerce Weights and Measures Division has contacted the MGA to let
members know that inspections will again be starting to certify and calibrate equipment. Weights and
industry employment
Measures assured the MGA that inspectors will call ahead and work with the manager to ensure that
inspections are not disruptive. They will also follow all recommended guidelines for social distancing,
sanitation, and face protection. Let us know if your teams are experiencing any problems.
Counties Delay Property Tax Payments
A number of counties across the state have started implementing policies to allow businesses to delay
their May 15 property tax payment to July 15. Policies vary by county so please verify with your county to
ensure when your payment is due.
Unemployment Feedback
The MGA has received a number inquires on members having issues with processing unemployment
paperwork. If you are currently dealing with unemployment challenges, please share your experience
with Jamie Pfuhl at jpfuhl@mngrocers.com.
Treasury Department to Crack Down on Big Companies Receiving PPP Loans
After a number of large publicly traded companies received PPP loans, Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin announced new plans to scrutinize the largest recipients of emergency small business loans and
signaled potential criminal penalties if big companies misrepresented their financial situation to secure the
money. Any loan above $2 million will have a “full review” before it is forgiven. Congress is currently
deliberating on whether additional guardrails are needed for the PPP loan program, and changes could
be included in a forthcoming legislative package.
MGA Signage
Child Care Provider Support
Employee Best Practices
20 Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020Respond to COVID-19
of industry – your MGA investment at work
from signage for our front end works to help This communication was critical in providing clear and concise
with consumer interaction, back-of-house news, direction, and tangible action items in a difficult-to-
signage to assist with employee best practices navigate and ever-evolving arena of information. With this hard
during their shift, and marketplace swings in the work from your association, the food industry remained ready
food supply chain. for business and had the uninterrupted ability to serve our
communities throughout Minnesota.
The partnership with the state’s media
We know grocers from all across the state, from Baudette to
played a pivotal role in building confidence in
Winona and Grand Marais to Luverne, have gone above and
industry’s ability to maintain its service to our beyond in the immediate response to the COVID-19 crisis.
communities. As the united voice of industry, we Our industry has remained open for business with a strong
were featured on Minnesota Public Radio, MN commitment to providing the safest possible work and shopping
News Network, and all local television morning environment for all Minnesotans. As the leading resource for the
and nightly news programs creating a backdrop food industry of the state, the Minnesota Grocers Association is
for frontline experiences. As of print, we had proud to represent an industry who provides essential support to
over 100 media hits from all corners of the state. our communities, not only in this time of need, but every day.
MGA works with MN MGA social media drive on MGA co-hosted webinar
Department of Health for industry recognition – with MN Farmers Market
additional SNAP & EBT engaged union partners Association
benefits and distribution
flexibility April 13 – Gov. Walz extends
peacetime emergency
April 14 – MN legislature
approves covid-19 relief
MN WIC receives waivers
on eggs and milk allowing MGA created
flexibility in the market April 6 – CDC recommends
wearing face masks GetYourMaskOnMN flyer
April 28 – MN Commissioner of
and push on Facebook
Agriculture, Thom Petersen,
April 7 – MGA supports child joined the MGA Capitol Check Out -
care providers April 21 – Gov. Walz joined
the MGA Capitol Check Out COVID-19 Update Call and spoke to
April 8 – Extension of Stay at - COVID-19 Update Call and entire membership
Home Order and closure of spoke to entire membership
April 29 – MGA releases media
bars, restaurants, etc. update on shopping tips and
MGA cohosted webinar for
Garden Centers and Local Foods College Rapid best practices
nurseries open with CDC Reponse Series
guidance MGA created signage to assist
the SNAP community April 24 - MN Department of
Labor and Industry hosted
April 15 – MGA hosted Work Comp Webinar
COVID-19
Families First Coronavirus
APRIL 2020
Guidance for Minnesota Garden Centers/Nurseries
This document provides COVID-19 operational recommendations for Minnesota Garden Centers Nurseries to
Response Act (FFCRA) April 27 – Paycheck
Webinar Protection Program (PPP)
implement in order to conduct business under Governor Walz’s Executive Order 20-04 that closed restaurants,
bars and other businesses where people gather. Minnesota Garden Centers/ Nurseries are exempt from this order
as long as they do not offer onsite food consumption (including food sampling).
March 31 – MGA releases Garden Center/Nursery Lay-Out for Sales to Public
Evaluate the current layout; see if it can be redesigned to build in six feet of separation and minimize the amount
becomes available
media update on industry
of time people spend mingling at the market. The following are suggestions gathered from farmers’ markets
across the U.S.:
• If possible, limit the number of customers in your Garden Center/Nursery at one time.
• Evaluate your current layout to determine if it can be redesigned to build in 6-feet of separation. The
protocols
goal is to minimize the amount of time customers spend near one another while shopping in your Garden
Center/Nursery.
• Develop a plan for one-way traffic in and one-way traffic out of your Garden Center/Nursery to reduce
congestion in-store and in parking areas.
• Create boundaries (tape, chalk lines, fencing) and signage to direct traffic flow.
• Widen the space between shelving, tables, and check-out lanes to allow for customers to be 6-feet apart.
• Tape or chalk 6-foot markings in all aisles to show customers where they should stand to maintain 6-feet of
separation with each other.
• Provide hand sanitizers or place handwashing stations at entrances.
• Create boundaries (tape, chalk lines, fencing) and signage to direct traffic flow.
• Have enough staff to direct and monitor people and traffic.
More to come
Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020 21What is the MGAF Carts to Careers Program?
The Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation (MGAF) will provide tuition support for classes completed for the specific
purpose of furthering employees’ current career or making available to them other careers offered by their employer. This
round of Carts to Careers program awards will be facilitated through the Retail Management Certificate (RMC) program,
an online, nationally recognized industry-endorsed, 8-course education certificate run by Alexandria Technical &
Community College. The RMC is an accredited business education program and most participants complete the program
in two years or less. The program is designed to meet the educational requirements of the food industry and provide
valuable skills in all areas of business. Tuition support is available to current RMC enrollees as well as new students.
Over $50,000 in tuition support is available through a State of Minnesota grant appropriation and Minnesota Grocers
Association Foundation funding.
What is the curriculum?
Participants in the Retail Management Certificate Program gain valuable skills in all areas of business:
Customer Service & Organizational Behavior Business Technology/Computer Skills
Business and Interpersonal Communications Principles of Marketing
Human Resource Management Financial Management & Budgeting
Principles of Management Retail Management
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants must:
Be a current full-time employee of a Minnesota Grocers Association dues paying member company;
Have been employed full-time for at least one year as of the application date;
Have an interest in expanding their career within the food industry of Minnesota.
How can I apply?
Application is available on the MGA website at http://www.mngrocers.com/index.php/members/scholarship-main;
Complete a simple one step application process;
Upload a letter of recommendation from your supervisor;
Upload a simple resume in lieu of job history questions.
What is the selection criteria?
An independent selection committee will evaluate the applications and select the recipients;
Decisions of the selection committee are final and are not subject to appeal. No application feedback will be given.
What are the details of the award?
The awards are one-time, non-renewable grants that will be applied to tuition;
Students may reapply reach year as long as they continue to meet the eligibility criteria.
How are checks issued?
The $2,000 of tuition support is paid incrementally. Checks will be issued directly to Alexandria Technical & Community College
to accommodate students’ class schedules. Funds will be allocated on a class enrollment basis.
When are the next available Retail Management Certificate (RMC) classes?
The next series of classes will begin August 24, 2020.
Questions?
Contact Jamie Pfuhl at jpfuhl@mngrocers.com or Katie Frederick at kfrederick@mngrocers.com or at 651-228-0973.
Funds available for the program are limited and available to all eligible employees. No preferential treatment will be given to
applicants on the basis of employment position, race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political beliefs, sex,
sexual orientation, marital status, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.
The MGA Foundation was established in 1992 to offer educational opportunities to the food industry, provide scholarships to employees of member companies or their
children, support community efforts and initiatives through grants, and present important Industry information to the general public. It has supported many notable
programs and has awarded $812,000 in scholarships.WE MISSED YOU
THIS YEAR!
MGA Foundation Golf Event &
Scholarship Fundraiser
Take a look back at our 22-year history!
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to cancel
our annual MGA Foundation golf event. This
year would have been our 23rd tournament. The
MGAF Golf Event is the sole fundraiser for our
annual scholarship program, which provides
scholarship opportunities for your employees
and their dependents. We look forward to
seeing you at our rescheduled event on
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at
The Refuge Golf Club!
Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020 23MINNESOTA GROCERS
ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
2020 Minnesota Grocers Association
Foundation Scholarship Program
30 $1,000
Scholarships
The MGAF Scholarship Program recognizes and aides deserving students who are connected to Minnesota’s
food industry by virtue of their parent’s employment or their own part-time employment. An independent
committee is entrusted with selecting the winners based on community involvement and academic
achievements. The awards are a benefit the MGA provides to its members and their employees! *Multiple
Scholarship Winner. Because of their employers’ or wholesalers’ piggyback program, these students won
multiple scholarship. A one-step application makes all qualified students eligible.
Congratulations to these deserving students!
Grace Adesida Heather Haarstick Connor Kockler
University of Wisconsin - Utah Valley University Saint John’s University
Madison Employed by Mother employed by
Mother, employed by Central Market, Detroit Lakes Coborn’s, Inc., St. Cloud
Cub Foods, Minnetonka
Brian Almquist Dylan Holven Koleman Lind
Photo University of Wisconsin - Luther College University of Minnesota -
Photo
not River Falls Mother employed by not Morris
available Mother employed by Kwik Trip, Faribault available Father employed by
KEMPS, Farmington Lunds & Byerlys, Roseville
Catherine Cuthbert Elizabeth Horton Ellie Logelin
University of Minnesota - Gustavus Adolphus College Hamline University
Twin Cities Employed by Father employed by
Father employed by Hy-Vee, Shakopee Jubilee Foods, Mound
KEMPS, St. Paul
Rachael Fuchs *Haley Karels Madeline Moore
University of Wisconsin - Photo Florida Southwestern University of Minnesota -
La Crosse not State College Duluth
Father employed by available Father employed by Employed by
SpartanNash, Waite Park County Market, North Branch Kwik Trip, Spring Valley
Jillian Gamble Kaitlin Klennert *Kendra Morisette
University of St. Thomas Minneapolis College St. Catherine University
Photo Photo
Father employed by not of Art and Design not Mother employed by
Russ Davis Wholesale, available Employed by available Cub Foods, Woodbury
Wadena Roadside Market, Hill City
The 2019 MGA Foundation and Vendor Leadership Committee Golf Tournament is the
sole fundraiser for the MGAF Scholarship program.
Since 1992, the MGA Foundation has awarded over $850,000 in scholarships!
24 Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020Jayde Morrissette Austin Pinske Grace Stelley
University of Minnesota - Photo University of Minnesota - Rochester Community
Twin Cities not Morris and Technical College
Mother employed by available Mother employed by Father employed by
General Mills, Minneapolis Mackenthun’s Fine Foods, Arctic Glacier Ice, Rochester
Waconia
Austin Mundt Noah Stillman
Concordia College at Moorhead Photo Jordyn Sears Iowa State University
Mother employed by not Winona State University Mother employed by
Faribault Foods, Inc. available Mother employed by Lunds & Byerlys, Edina
Faribault Dean Foods, Woodbury
*Ana Nelson Lilli Sisler Laura Swanson
Dunwoody College Elmhurst College University of Wisconsin -
of Technology Father employed by La Crosse
Mother employed by KEMPS, Cedarburg, WI Father employed by
Kowalski’s Market, Fresh Strategies, Inc.,
White Bear Lake Coon Rapids
Lauryn Sobasky
Conor O’Rourke Viterbo University Megan Thienes
University of Minnesota - Father employed by College of Saint Benedict
Photo
Twin Cities Olsen Fish Company, Father employed by
not
available Father employed by Minneapolis Knowlan’s Super Markets, Inc.,
Lunds & Byerly, Edina Vadnais Heights
Emma Soderstrom
*Anna Perron University of Denver Mauricio Vite
Milwaukee School Mother employed by St. Olaf College
of Engineering UNFI, Hopkins Employed by
Mother employed by Superfair Foods, St. James
Kowalski’s Market, Woodbury
Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation Scholarship Program
The MGAF Scholarship Program recognizes and aides deserving students who are connected to
Minnesota’s food industry by virtue of their parent’s employment or their own part-time employment.
The Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation awards multiple $1,000 scholarships annually. This
exclusive MGA member benefit is an outstanding advantage for the employees of MGA member firms!
Piggyback Scholarship Program
Piggybacking is a mechanism by which your company can have a scholarship program that’s only for
your employees and/or their dependents through your company’s membership in the Minnesota Grocers
Association. All you pay for is the scholarship itself. The MGA covers all administrative costs and
creates customized materials for you. Another great value to you and your employees.
For more information contact Katie Frederick at kfrederick@mngrocers.com or 651-228-0973
Minnesota Grocer Summer 2020 25NEW
FLAVOR
GOOD TO THE
CHERRY LAST DROP
No Artificial Sweeteners
Antioxidant Infused
New at KDP/7UP
Congratulations to the
Winners of the
2020 Jim Kowalski
to 2020 Lund Food Holdings, Inc.
Education Scholorships:
MGA Foundation Scholarship Winners!
Anna Perron • Ana Nelson
Noah Stillman Josh Matara • Sarah Klassen
Katelyn Whitehouse • Lucy Larson
Conor O’Rourke Riley Hallinan • Sean Nelson
Koleman Lind Caiden Gagner • Emily Riley
Olivia Nelson • April Grabner
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9 MGA Member Companies
56 Piggyback Scholarships Awarded
Students employed by the member company or students whose parents are employed by the company
won education awards ranging from $500-$1,000. As an MGA member benefit, your company can “piggyback”
on our application process in order to provide a scholarship program that’s only for your employees and/or
their dependents. This is an alternative to establishing your own scholarship program and
allows you to avoid the expense of brochures, applications, and administrative fees.
The only cost to you is the cost of the scholarship itself.
Congratulations to the MGA “Piggyback winners!
Cub Foods Scholarships $1,000 Dean Foods $250 Megan Fullerton
Photo University of South Florida
Izabella Allison Miah Nelson not Step-father, employed by
University of Minnesota - Rochester Northland Community available Save-A-Lot, Arcadia, FL
Employed by and Technical College
Cub Foods, Rochester Father employed by Kristen Gensch
Dean Foods, Thief River Falls Photo Century Community and
Jaida Emerfoll not Technical College
University of Minnesota - Rochester Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc. Scholarships available Father employed by
Employed by $1,000 Cub Foods, Brooklyn Center
Cub Foods, Rochester Kayla Gorshe
Winona Berg
North Hennepin Community College Normandale Community College
Matthew Tomlinson Father employed by
Minnesota State University - Mankato Father employed by
Cub Foods, Edina Jerry’s Printing, Edina
Father employed by
Cub Foods, Maple Grove Cristian Hernandez
Lila Berg
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Photo South Dakota State University
Cody Venske not Mother employed by
The College of Saint Scholastica Father employed by
available Cub Foods, Edina
Mother employed by Cub Foods, Edina
Cub Foods, Stillwater Angelina Jaramillo-
Natalie Bous
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Rangel
Jackson Young Photo
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Minnesota - Rochester not Mother employed by
available Cub Foods, Bloomington Mother employed by
Mother employed by Jerry’s Foods, Eden Prairie
Cub Foods, Stillwater
Megan Cosman Amelia Jutz
The University of Alabama St. Olaf College
Father employed by Father employed by
Jerry’s Foods, Edina Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc., Edina
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