Polly Martin

Guest Column in Arkansas Business

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Arkansas Grocers and Retail Merchants Association in Partnership with

 

Arkansas Retail Means Jobs

Retail directly or indirectly supports 1 in 4 Arkansas jobs.

Retail directly or indirectly responsible for 17% of Arkansas’GDP

Retail directly or indirectly generates 16% of labor income in Arkansas.

Retail supports 345,806

 

Share Your Good News With Us!

Have something going on in your business that other people might like to hear about?

AGRMA has set up an area on our website called “Noteworthy.” It’s a spot where you can share positive happenings in your business, such as:

  • an important business anniversary
  • an award that you, your business, or one of your employees has received
  • an article about your business which has appeared recently in a newspaper or magazine, or a link to a radio or TV story about your business
  • business renovation or expansion
  • new manager or owners

To tell us about these happenings in your business, go to www.agrma.org then click on the top right tab “Contact Us” or send to info@agrma.org, if you have photos or attachments for this section please use info@agrma.org.

We hope you’ll start sharing your news with us today!

                  

The We Card Program – Refresher Course
Following the successful launch of the award-winning Employee Training Course in February 2011, The We Card Program rolled out its Refresher Training Course this week and also announced plans to offer its Manager Training Course in the coming months. The 20-minute Refresher Training Course requires employees to complete a set of interactive exercises focused on key elements of federal and state law – effectively requesting ID from customers who are under 27 years of age, thoroughly examining an ID, correctly calculating a customer’s age and responsibly refusing tobacco sales when it is appropriate to do so. Upon completion of the exercises in the Refresher Training Course, learners receive a certificate of completion.  

With an award-winning foundation that includes FDA content, We Card’s Employee Training is a prerequisite for the Refresher Training Course and both courses are available for purchase at the We Card eLearning Center. Retailers interested in licensing We Card Training and loading it onto their own learning management systems or PCs are encouraged to contact Doug Reed at dreed@wecard.org for more information.  Go to www.wecard.org for the training, to order your 2012 We Card materials, or get the latest information on the FDA regulations and how to best comply.

Information obtained from NGA Express Lane, November 30, 2011
 

   

Last Updated: January 26, 2012