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AWG President & CEO, David Smith is back for another edition of Retailer Rundown. This time there is a twist. James Neumann and Jim Zyrowski are the first two conversations. Learn why it is so important to have your own meat cutters. Then our first vendor visits the rundown when Inmar's Craig Rosenblum talks with David about how technology will help independent retailers. 

Sean Kosednar spoke with Adam Salus about pharmacy departments. And then AWG President and CEO David Smith returned for Retailer Rundown. David talked to Dale Trahan, Ben Dishman, and Scott Schmunk. 

This might be the best edition of Retailer Rundown yet. AWG President and CEO David Smith  talks with Pat Raybould and Mark Griffin about all the great things they are doing for their employees. Tony Ingraffia had some outstanding insight and should resonate with every retailer. Board Chairman Barry Queen gives an impassioned talk for AWG members.  After that Dylan Queen joins Barry and David for another great conversation.

Retailer Rundown is back for its third week. AWG President David SMith and CEO talks with Steve Edwards, Jeff Strack, and Jim Brown. This week the conversations focus on what the three men have learned in the past six weeks, and how they will apply those lessons moving forward. 

AWG President and CEO David Smith joins Grocer Pod for the second installment of Retailer Rundown. This time David asks Kim Eskew, Jimmy Nichols, and Rick James about where they plan to take their stores moving forward. 

We are debuting a new segment on Grocer Pod – Retailer Rundown with David Smith. That's right, the the AWG President and CEO joins the show to talk to some retailers about how they are handling COVID-19 in their stores. 

In more exciting news Grocer Pod is moving to a weekly format. News is changing so fast these days that waiting a month wasn't possible. Look for Retailer Rundown segments each week for the foreseeable future. 

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On this month's Grocer Pod, Sean Kosednar sits down with Joel Riggs to talk about all the different services store engineering and DSG provide members. Next, Kate Favrow describes AWG Brands' plans for the Innovation Showcase in March. There are new planograms for salad dressing and skin care from the category sales teams. For implementation information contact Dan Roehl. 

In the first Grocer Pod of 2020 Sean Kosednar talks with Dr. Megan Konar about "The First Map of America's Food Supply" Next up is Kim Cates. She tells why every store needs to be offering prepared food in 2020. Finally, VMC's Dianna Taleck joins to the show to tell everyone about a new Health and Beauty category initiative. 

On this month's episode Sean talks store renovations with Jim and Courtney Brown. They recently finished a renovation of their store in Bixby, OK. Then Cara Mahon and Jennifer Egeland stop by to talk about the Choose Wellness program. Finally, Sean Turner from Swiftly gives some of his 2020 grocery predictions.

On this month's episode of Grocer Pod, Sean Kosednar talks with José de Jésus from the National Pork Board about a new study on Latinos and Pork. Next is Andre Patenaude from Emerson. Sean and Andre talk about the future of cold storage and what stores should know about upcoming potential regulation changes. Last, Connor Middleton joins Grocer Pod to talk about AWG's Coinstar program.