Weekly Checkout April 26, 2016
 
  • Battle Over Food Stamps Highlights Polarizing Rift
  • GFIA's 21st Annual Swinging for Scholarships Prize Winners!
  • Register for the GFIA Convention Now!
  • Who Will Be Georgia's Next Best Bagger?
  • Calling all Independent Retailers - 
  • Membership Dues
  • Fraudulent Coupon Alert 
  • Calendar of Events
Battle Over Food Stamps Highlights Polarizing Rift

Debate is heating up as states adopt federal rules that able-bodied people without children must work or loose food stamp benefits. Georgia enacted the rules in January for three counties and reached its first deadline April 1. 
Already the number of food stamp recipients in these three counties has been cut in half. 

Click Here to read the very information AJC article, written by Craig Schneider, which includes interesting statistics. 
GFIA's 21st Annual Swinging for Scholarships Prize Winners!

Last Wednesday was a beautiful day for the annual GFIEF (GFIA's Education Foundation) golf tournament at White Oak Golf Club in Newnan. 

Congrats to the following winners:

Raffle:
$1,000- John West, West Foods
$1,000- Justin Davidson, Linea Private Wealth Management
$2,000- Jeff Downing, Foothills IGA

Best Overall Hole Contest:
Old Course: Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Seminole Course: SweetWater Brewery
Register for the GFIA Convention Now!

Visit our website at www.gfia.org to get information about this year's convention, and to register online. We'll be "Under the Big Top" in Omni Orlando at ChampionsGate - register today to join us!

Book Your 2016 Convention Hotel Room Now! Rooms are Selling Out! Click Here for a hotel reservation form.
Who Will be Georgia's Next Best Bagger?

Does your company have Georgia's "Best Bagger"? Don't miss the opportunity to compete for scholarship money and a chance to represent the state in NGA's national contest in Las Vegas! Enter GFIA's Best Bagger contest which will be held July 14 at the annual convention in Orlando! Contact Carrie Pepper for details. If your company has never competed, the GFIA will walk you through the specifics. This is a great opportunity to train and motivate your front end team members!
Calling all Independent Retailers

We want all the Independent Retailers to come to Monday Night Brewery in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, May 3rd, for a day of learning! We will be discussing topics such as how the switch to EMV technology is affecting our industry, the latest news and developments on compliance, and best practices to prevent fraud in your stores. We will also have a recap of the 2016 legislative session and the latest on WIC / SNAP, and treat you to lunch! Click here for more information. RSVP by April 29th. If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Pepper. 

Sponsored by Monday Night Brewing, Postec and the Education Foundation.
Membership Dues

If you your company's membership dues are unpaid and you want to remain a GFIA member and be included in this year's directory, please contact Carrie Pepper.
Fraudulent Coupon Alert

Click Here for the weekly fraudulent coupon alert.
Calendar of Events

Independent Seminar
Tuesday, May 3rd
Monday Night Brewery
Atlanta, GA 

GFIA Annual Convention
Thursday-Sunday, July 14-17
OMNI Orlando ChampionsGate
Orlando, FL

Fall Golf
Wednesday, October 19
Mirror Lake Country Club
Villa Rica, GA
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