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Wine & Spirits
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Where is Thunder River, you ask?

Produce
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Chilean Grape Exporting

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel down to Chile and learn about their export fruit industry. I’m very thankful to have been given this opportunity; I definitely learned a lot about the many different kinds of fruit that they grow there. One of the most fascinating parts of the trip was

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Natural Foods
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Need More Energy and Endurance?

If you answered yes, then the super food–Chia Seed–could be your answer. We have all heard of Chia Pets growing up–those little clay animals that were covered with sprouted seeds. Honestly, I can say my parents never bought me a Chia Pet so I’m feeling a bit deprived. Ever since Dr. Oz featured the health benefits of

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Front End
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Getting The Most Out of Each Run

On my days off I feel like all I do is run, run, run!  Although I do try and fit time in for a run on the treadmill, that’s not the running I am referring to.   It’s the running from one place to another trying to complete as many tasks on my never ending “To

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Food Safety
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Making Sense of the Use-By, Sell-By, and Best-By Labels

When you read “Best if Used By March 12” on a product, what does it really mean?

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Mark Skogen
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Festival College Past and Present

As I sit and look out my window at the major snow falling on the 9th of March, I am thinking about our annual spring conference we call Festival College.

We have been hosting Festival College for more than 15 years and a lot has changed since our first gathering held in

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Wine & Spirits
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Thunder River Beer’s First Blog Post

Grocery
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A Positive Annual Review

I joined forces with our Store Directors at each Festival location and just finished conducting annual reviews for all of our Grocery and Frozen/Dairy Department Managers. I know what you are probably thinking… yuck! That doesn’t surprise me. The perception by many people in the working world is that

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Natural Foods
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March is all about the Color Green

When I think of March, the first thing that comes to mind is the color green. I bet you think I’m going to write about green vegetables and tell you to eat more of them. That would be typical, but you’re in luck if you want something different! Since March is all about the color

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Meat & Seafood
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Exciting New Seafood Item!

On March 6th all of our Seafood Departments will have a new seafood item called “Akva’cobia” or “Cobia Fillets” available. We will be introducing this new, very healthy fish in our service seafood counters as well as in our self-service seafood cases sold

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