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Merry Christmas 2015The board of directors and staff of the Illinois Food Retailers Association and the Grocery Merchandising Association wish you and your family peace, joy and the blessings of the season. Thank you for the bond of friendship that we share as members of the IFRA-GMA family. May your house be filled with laughter and music throughout this holiday season and New Year!

Happy New Year

Conference 2015

IFRA Celebrates 90 Years and Tony’s Fresh Market

The Illinois Food Retailers Association celebrated its 90th anniversary

during the Annual Conference & Expo held October 8, 2015, at the Drury Lane Theatre & Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace, with co-host Grocery Merchandising Association. This special edition of the Monthly Report highlights some of the memorable moments shared by the Conference delegation. Thank you to the many retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, brokers and suppliers for your attendance and to the many companies who supported the program as sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers.

We congratulate Tony’s Finer Foods Fresh Market as the 2015 Illinois Industry Leadership Award recipient. Over 500 people attended the evening celebration in their honor and it was a wonderful party. For more on the evening events and all of the day’s activities, this special edition is for you.

IFRA Scholarship Program 2016-2017

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The IFRA Scholarship Program application process is now underway! All scholarship applications for the 2016-2017 academic

year must be completed and filed by March 1, 2016. The employee announcement notice, which you should print out and display in a prominent location for all employees to read, can be accessed on our website at www.ilfood.org.

If you are a multiple store operator, please make sure this announcement gets posted in each location.

Please Note: All IFRA member companies are eligible to participate. All completed applications must be submitted no later than March 1, 2016, for consideration. We encourage students to apply online by going to the IFRA website at www.ilfood.org, where they will be able to also print out an application if they prefer.

This past year 96 students received one-year scholarships totaling $70,250 through the IFRA program for the 2015-2016 academic year. The scholarships funded by the Foundation are one-year awards in the amount of $1,000 or $500. Using funds raised from the IFRA grand raffle ticket sales and various golf outings throughout the summer months, the Foundation awarded $12,000 in scholarships to employees or children of full-time employees from Illinois Food Retailers Association member companies.

Additionally nine member companies participated in the Piggyback Program in order to provide a scholarship program specifically for their employees and employees' dependents utilizing the Education Foundation application process. A total of $58,250 in scholarships was distributed through the Piggyback program.

We encourage all members to print out and display the scholarship notice for your employees to read.

Happy New Year 2016

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Conference Highlights

Platinum

Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services

Central Grocers, Inc.

Gallagher Benefit Services

Grocery Merchandising Association

Illinois Retail Merchants Association

SuperValu/Midwest Region

World Pay

DiamondBimbo Bakeries USADean Foods Company Lipari Foods Retail Solutions AdvisorsStrack & VanTil

Gold SponsorsAffiliated Foods MidwestCertco, Inc.Chicago Baking Company/Lewis BakeriesFresh ExpressKeHe DistributorsNorthstar Lottery GroupPrairie Farms Dairy

IFRA 2015 Conference Sponsors

Each year, monetary contributions are provided by companies which help to underwrite the cost of the Annual Conference & Expo. With most sincere gratitude, we salute the following companies who supported the Association through the Sponsorship Program.

Jason Hollandsworth – Dean Foods; Derrick Cannon, Jeff Jackson, Luke Kotara – Berkot’s Super Foods and Reno Caldanaro - Dean Foods at this year’s Expo.

Silver SponsorsAnheuser-BuschBerkot’s Super Foods

Bronze SponsorsRetail Data SystemsTaylors Candy, Inc.

Illinois Best Bagger Competition SponsorsCentral Grocers, Inc.Lipari Foods

Banquet SponsorsCoca-Cola Great Lakes Dist.Chiquita BrandsCity Wide ProduceCountry Delight Dairy, Inc.Goya FoodsGrimmway FarmsImpact Sales MidwestIndianapolis FruitPepsi BeveragesTrustwaveTwin Electric of Chicago

Randy Vasel – Capri IGA, talks with Bill Cahill & Amy Wellman – Commercial Waste Systems.


Education is a key component of the IFRA-GMA Annual Conference

each year. We truly appreciate the retail members who participated in the educational program and also those who sent their associates to participate in some great educational sessions. Participation in programs like these is so important. The generous support of the conference sponsors enables us to present great sessions for the benefit of all members.

For the first education sesssion of the day, Michael Sansolo conducted

a review of the powerful challenges facing the industry today — demographics, competition, technology and more. The


presentation included specific steps owners and store directors can take to deal with each area, including recent industry events and what they mean to all parts of the industry.

Delegates also attended the session on network security and PCI compliance provided by Trustwave. With a 54 percent increase in data breach investigations over the past year, this presentation included steps every retailer should take to secure customer data.

To keep members abreast of changes and requirements under the Affordable Care Act, IFRA’s business partner,

Education Seminars

Gallagher Benefit Services, reviewed the upcoming reporting requirements and helped attendees prepare to be in compliance.

IFRA Legislative Consultant IRMA Vice President & General Counsel Tanya Triche provided an update on state and local legislative and regulatory issues facing our industry.

A number of high priority initiatives were addressed, including labor-related issues, such as starting wage, mandatory paid sick leave and worker’s schedules, proposed taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, worker’s comp, plastic bags, data breach, GMOs and SNAP.

Michael Sansolo

Tanya Triche

Bagging championship contestants: Back row (l to r) Chad Pogue - Berkot’s Super Foods, Arin McCollum - Strack & VanTil, Levi Blickenstaff - County Market, Anne Galvan - County Fair; Front row (l to r) 2nd place: Heidi Jacobsen - Sullivan’s Foods, Champion: Jorge Mejia - Sunset Foods and third place: Cassandra Terrazas - Tony’s Fresh Market.

At the 2015 Annual Conference, outgoing IFRA Chairman Jerry Shawgo, Orion Foods, Orion, IL, was given IFRA's Distinguished Service Award by IFRA President Brian Jordan.

Illinois Best Bagger Competition


Over 500 industry leaders, family and friends celebrated the Association’s 90th anniversary and

Tony’s Finer Foods Fresh Market as the 2015 Illinois Food Industry Leadership Award recipient. It was a grand evening with the beautiful violin music of the Cover Girls. Thank you to everyone who made this celebration so special by their attendance. A big thank you to Tony Ingraffia and Domenico Gambino for accepting the Industry Award recognition. Your acceptance was most gracious and we wish you the very best in the years to come.


Tony’s Fresh Market receives the 2015 Illinois Food Industry Leadership Award at the Association’s Annual Conference (l to r) Brian Jordan – Illinois Food Retailers Association, Domenico Gambino and Tony Ingraffia – Tony’s Finer Foods Fresh Market and Ken Nemeth – Central Grocers, Inc.

Domenico Gambino and Tony Ingraffia toast attendees.

The Cover Girls – Musical Violin Show

A grand celebration

Awards Banquet



The Ingraffia family: front row – Sara and Tony; back row – Angelica, Maria Ingraffia Carrocci, Michael Carrocci and Roseanna.

The Gambino family: front row – Angelo and Maryrose Chiovan, Mariana and Domenico Gambino, Daniela and Jim Marnos. Back row: Anthony and Vita Massarelli

Central Grocers President & CEO Ken Nemeth presents Domenico Gambino and Tony Ingraffia with a special recognition on behalf of the Central Grocers membership.

The Gambino and Ingraffia Families


Acosta Sales & MarketingAdvantage Sales & MarketingAmeren Illinois Act on EnergyArthur J. Gallagher Risk ManagementAssurance AgencyBerkel Midwest Sales & ServiceBimbo Bakeries USABunzl DistributionC.H. Robinson WorldwideCaito Foods Service, Inc.Central Grocers, Inc.Century Energy SolutionsCertco, Inc.Chicago Baking CompanyChiquita BrandsCoca Cola Great Lakes DivisionCommercial Waste SystemsCommon Thread SoftwareConstellationConsumer Healthcare Products

AssociationDavis Bancorp

2015 Conference Exhibitors

Our sincere thanks to the following companies that participated in this year’s Expo. Your support is greatly appreciated. Also, thank you to the IFRA retail members who took time out of their busy schedule to come out and view the wide variety of products, equipment and services that were on display.

Dean Foods CompanyDoreen’s Gourmet PizzaDutch FarmsEcchic GroupFisher Printing, Inc.FMS–Financial Management SolutionsFood Industry NewsFresh ExpressGold Medal ProductsGonnella Frozen ProductsHess Meat Machines/Mettler ToledoIGS EnergyImpact Sales MidwestIndianapolis Fruit CompanyKelly Eisenberg Gourmet Deli ProductsLavelle Law, Ltd.Leach Food Equipment DistributorsLifestyle BeveragesLipari FoodsMidwest Dairy AssociationMondelez InternationalMPM Food Equipment Group

Natalie’s Orchard Island JuiceNIAS Inventory ServiceNorth Country Business ProductsNorthstar Lottery GroupPepsi Beverages CompanyPinnacle Propane ExpressPorte Brown LLCPOS Plus LLCPower Play DistributorsPrairie Farms DairyProcom ExpressR.W. Rogers CompanyReally Big Coloring BooksRetail Data SystemsRetail Solutions AdvisorsSellers PublishingShullsburg Creamery, Inc.Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.Stevens & Tate MarketingTrustwaveU.S. RefrigerationValu Merchandisers CompanyVienna BeefWorldPayZone Mechanical

Emily Hyer – Acosta Sales & Marketing, discussing new products with Golan Mor – Garden Fresh Market and Tony Abbinanti – Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets.

At right: Chris Bengston – Strack & Van Til, meeting with Gary Knuth and Seth Birkholz – Northern Illinois Food Bank on the Expo floor.

Kerry Van Kleeck – Certco, Inc. – checks in on the latest surveillance systems with Pawel Pustelnik of Procom Enterprises.



Chris Giorno, US Refrigeration, shows off a Multi-Deck Merchandiser to Mike & Linda Schuette, Schuette Stores, Inc., Breese, IL.

Tim & Debbie Hannan, Paw Paw Fresh Market, meet with Jake Bomba at the North Country Business Products booth.

Trish Gross, Pete’s Fresh Market, checking out the variety of cheese with Jim Morgan at the Shullsburg Creamery booth.

Rich Niemann Jr., Niemann Foods, meets with his team on the IFRA Expo Floor.

Cary Miller & Bob Zimmerman, Food Industry News, with Phil Salerno, Family Foods.

Mark Hipskind, Larry Nicholson & David Fallon, MPM Food Equipment Group.

Debbie Boyce, Kelly Eisenberg Gourmet Products, serves up a product sample to Dave Jackson, Save-A-Lot.

Jeff Gray, Gray’s Foods; Martin Sandoval, Chiquita Food Market and Roberto Fernandez, Central Grocers.


Kathy Christensen & Scott Jacobson, Sullivan Foods, at the Lavelle Law booth.



Advantage Sales & Marketing

Affiliated Foods Midwest

Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.

Berkot’s Super Foods

Bimbo Bakeries USA

Capri IGA

Central Grocers, Inc.

Century Energy Solutions

Certco, Inc.

Chicago Baking Company/Lewis Bakeries

Coca-Cola – Great Lakes

Dean Foods Company

Fairplay Foods

IFRA Golf Outing

Thank you to all the golfers who participated in the Conference Golf Outing held at The Village Links in Glen Ellyn, IL, a beautiful course with excellent facilities and great food. We had another great day for the many retailers, wholesalers,

manufacturers, brokers and suppliers who played in the outing. Thank you to the following companies that participated in this event.

Family Foods

Fisher Printing, Inc.

Fresh Farms

Ideal Promotions

Impact Sales Midwest

KeHe Distributors

Mondelez International

Morton Salt

NIAS Inventory

Northstar Lottery Group

Northern Illinois Food Bank

Paxton IGA

Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.

Prisco’s Family Foods

R.W. Rogers

Retail Data Systems

Retail Solutions Advisors

Schuette Stores, Inc.

Shelby Publishing Co., Inc.

Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.

Standfast Group

Stevens & Tate

Strack & Van Til

Sullivan Foods

SuperValu Midwest Region

Systems Guild, Inc.

Trustwave

Valu Merchandisers Company

Vienna Beef

Walt's Food Centers

WorldPay

Above: Dan Wylie, Jeff Wuczynski, Keith Hall, Mike Fishman – Bimbo Bakeries USA.

At left: Erik Jacobsen, Collin Mossop, Seth Birkholz and Gary Knuth – Northern Illinois Food Bank



Mike & Linda Schuette, Schuette Stores Inc.; Jim Frainey, Trustwave; Bob Himango, SuperValu.

Jonathan Svigos, Fresh Farms; Rob Belcore, Retail Solutions Advisors; Geoff Welch, Shelby Publishing.

Paul Dzurovcik, Chris Bengston and Russ Webber, Strack & Van Til

Chris Hart, Adam Wiley, John Steffen and Joe Doherty, Snyder’s-Lance.

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IFRA-GMA Office Holiday HoursThursday, December 24 closed

Friday, December 25 closedThursday, December 31, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Friday, January 1 closed



A & B Photo & PrintAdvantage Sales & MarketingAffiliated Foods MidwestAlpha Baking CompanyAngelo Caputo's Fresh MarketsAnheuser-Busch, Inc.Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.Associated Wholesale GrocersAssurance Agency, Ltd.Berkel Midwest Sales & ServiceBerkot’s Super FoodsBimbo Bakeries USACapri IGACarl BuddigCentral Grocers, Inc.Certco, Inc.Chiappetti MeatsChicago Baking Company/Lewis BakeriesChicago TribuneClean - The Uniform CompanyCoca-Cola Great LakesD & P Construction Co., Inc.Davis BancorpDean Foods CompanyDr. Pepper/Snapple GroupDutch FarmsFairplay FoodsFisher Printing, Inc.Flood BrothersFMS-Financial Management SystemsFood Industry NewsFresh Express

Gonnella Baking CompanyGonnella Frozen ProductsGoya Foods, Inc.Hadden HouseHernandez & Garcia, LLCHess Meat MachinesImpact Sales MidwestIndianapolis Fruit CompanyJones PoultryKeHE DistributorsLa PalomaLa Preferida, Inc.LALA Branded ProductsLarcker Recycling Service, Inc.Lavelle Law, Ltd.Leach Food Equipment DistributorsLipari FoodsMidwest Dairy AssociationMillerCoorsMondelez InternationalNIAS Inventory ServiceNiemann Foods, Inc.North Country Business ProductsNorthern Illinois Food BankNorthstar Lottery GroupOrion IGAPan-O-GoldPepsi Beverages CompanyPorte Brown, LLCPOS Plus LLCPotash MarketsPower Play DistributorsPrairie Farms Dairy, Inc.Reggio’s Pizza

Retail Data SystemsRetail Solutions AdvisorsSchuette Stores, Inc.Sellers PublishingShelby Publishing Co., Inc.Shullsburg Creamery, Inc.Snyder’s - Lance, Inc.Spartan NashStevens & Tate Marketing Strack & Van TilSullivan FoodsSunset FoodsSuperValu Midwest RegionTony’s Fresh MarketTrustwaveTurano Baking CompanyUnique Checkout SystemsU.S. RefrigerationValu Merchandisers CompanyVienna BeefWalt's Food CentersWorldPay

Thank You, Conference Advertisers!Each year the Association publishes a Conference Magazine. In addition to functioning as a Conference guide, this publication is used year-round by the membership as a quick reference to Association programs and as a Buyers Guide reference. We thank the following companies for their support of this annual publication.

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Illinois Best Bagger

Golf Outing

2015 Industry Retailer Award Recipient

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The Illinois Food Retailers Association Scholarship Program was established to assist deserving college students employed by IFRA

member companies with the cost of continuing education. The Annual Grand Raffle raises funds for this purpose.

We are pleased to congratulate this year's Raffle Winners:

Grand Prize Winners

Craig Riecks, Paxton IGA – Grand Prize Winner of $2, 000

Laura Sarfino, Second Prize

Dave Jackson, Third Prize

One in Every Ten Tickets $200 Winners

Leonard Nuzzo

Gerry Kettler

Sullivan’s Foods

Winkler, Inc.

Anthony Iannone

Ron Ludwigson

Frank Lomoro

Joel Boomsma

Connie Cali

As a reminder, part-time employees that are full-time students and children of full-time employees are eligible for the scholarship awards. All eligible students should go to the IFRA website at www.ilfood.org to complete an online application.

IFRA Education Foundation Scholarship Program Grand Raffle Winners

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Illinois Tobacco License – Retail StoresBeginning January 1, 2016, no person may engage in the business of selling cigarettes or other tobacco products at retail in Illinois without first having obtained a license from the Illinois Department of Revenue. You must submit your license application and pay your annual license fee using MyTax Illinois, available on the Illinois Department of Revenue website at tax.illinois.gov. Please note: There have been constant delays in the implementation of the application portal due to a myriad of technical problems. The portal is not expected to be active before Thursday, December 10. We urge you to register as soon as possible to remain compliant with the letter of the law. IFRA will keepyou posted of further developments.

Cook County Sales Tax Increase ReminderThe Cook County Sales tax increase of one percent goes into effect January 1, 2016. This sales tax increase, passed in July, means the county sales tax rate will be 1.75 percent. Combined with the state and city sales tax rates, the City of Chicago will have a rate of 10.25 percent, the highest sales tax rate in the nation.

Starting January 1, 2016:General sales tax for retailers in the City of Chicago: 10.25 percent

Sales tax for establishments selling food for immediate consumption in Chicago: 10.25 percent + 0.25 percent (restaurant tax) = 10.5 percent

Sales tax for establishments selling food for immediate consumption in the McPier district in Chicago: 10.25 percent + 0.25 percent (restaurant tax) + 1 percent (McPier tax) = 11.5 percent

Federal and State Labor Law Posters

New: Poster Update Replacement Plan

All businesses are required to post the current federal and state labor law posters in a workplace common area frequented by employees and applicants at each of your store locations. The most recent required change in the posting requirements was the Pregnancy Accommodation Notice in July of this year.

If you need to update your labor law posters, you can order a one-time labor law poster set or choose our one-year update replacement plan where you will receive an updated poster if there are any required posting changes to the State or Federal posters during this time. Each set consists of one state and one federal laminated bilingual poster. Included with the Monthly Report is a labor law poster order form.

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