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Most Worthy Scores Credit
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By CHRISTINA VEIDERS
Times have changed when it comes to independents obtaining loans. While credit is available, borrowing money will be more costly and the terms tougher, said Mike Novak, vice president of commercial lending at National Consumer Cooperative Bank, based here. NCB was originally established by Congress to serve consumer and small-business cooperatives such as retailer-owned wholesaler cooperatives

NGA Fine-Tunes Organization
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By CHRISTINA VEIDERS
ARLINGTON, Va. The National Grocers Association has taken steps to ensure it has a strong voice in the future of the food industry, said Thomas K. Zaucha, who said he is looking at 2010 as a possible retirement year, although no official decision has been made on a date. Zaucha is one of the founders of the association, which was born in 1982 from the consolidation of the National Association of Retail

NGA: A Delicate Balance
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only
Independent retailers, represented by the National Grocers Association, Arlington, Va., are proving they can grow their businesses while facing price competition made more fierce by the recession. But to win the carrot, or in this case the sale, it will take a delicate balance between managing rising operational costs, adjusting quickly to a fast-changing economic environment and implementing the

NGA Outlines Opportunities Despite Recession
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By CHRISTINA VEIDERS
What looks like the worst of times for the independent grocery sector unemployment at a 15-year high, commercial credit markets locked, rising operational costs and shoppers trading down and not filling their pantries could turn out to be the best of times. At least that is what the National Grocers Association here is hoping for in the year ahead. Thomas K. Zaucha, president and chief

Retailers Wary, But Confident
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By SN STAFF
By focusing on strong value propositions and innovation, supermarket executives surveyed by SN said they see plenty of opportunity for growth in 2009 although their optimism is certainly guarded. There is no doubt the aftershocks of a global economic slowdown will continue into 2009, said Ric Jurgens, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Hy-Vee, West Des Moines, Iowa. The dichotomy of

Howard's Responds Quickly to Changing Environment
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By CHRISTINA VEIDERS
Neither a struggling economy, an activity-use state tax on sales, new competition, nor Hurricane Ike can keep Howard's Management Group here from posting year-end sales increases. Although he declined to reveal revenues, Bill Price, president of the nine-store grocery retailing business based here, confidently told SN sales will be up and that the business is OK. The company, which

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