NACS Releases New Food Safety Manual for MembersThe ServSafe Food Handler Guide is, in part, based on the 2009 supplement to the FDA's 2005 Food Code update. McCain Withdraws Proposal to Cease Ethanol SubsidiesA House provision is still alive, however. Retailers Increasingly Worried About 'Flash Robs' 7-Eleven sent its more than 6,000 c-stores a memo on how to handle flash mobs after an incident happened at one of its Maryland locations in August. Lawmakers Propose Ban on Consumer Debit Card Fees Meanwhile, the U.S. treasury secretary said recently enacted caps on debit card transaction fees do not have an adverse affect on the economy. McCain Proposes to Stop Ethanol Pump Subsidization His potential amendment to the 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill would prevent the federal government from funding blender pumps for gas stations. 2011 NACS Show Sees Record International Presence This year's show hosted a total of 22,312 attendees from 58 countries, a 1.5 percent increase over 2010. Bill to Repeal Swipe Fee Reform Would Cost Shoppers Billions: NRF Retailers are already planning how to pass savings on to consumers, the trade group says. Retailers Continue to See Swipe Fee Savings From Heartland Heartland Payment Systems passed $5,532,318 in signature debit interchange reductions to its merchants Oct. 1-11. Coalition Forms to Protect Consumer Access to E85 Retailers, producers, equipment manufacturers and others band together to support the businesses and fuel flex-fuel vehicle owners who have invested in the alternative fuel. Robinson Leads New Slate of NACS Officers Carpenter, Lewis, Call, Kofdarali, Duskiewicz, Loehr and Tedeschi added to executive committee. First Previous 185 186 187 188 189 Next Last
