Sep 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S., said it will provide frontline workers with a special appreciation bonus and all employees with additional paid time off (PTO), among other benefits...
Sep 25, 2020 | COVID-19, FEUSA
Publix Super Markets expects to complete the rollout of contactless payment to all of its more than 1,200 stores in the Southeast. Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix said yesterday the deployment provides an extra safety measure for customers and store associates amid the...
Sep 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA
The Bechtel Group Foundation will donate $3 million to communities across the world coping with the coronavirus pandemic, in partnership with the crowdfunding nonprofit GlobalGiving. The newly established Bechtel COVID-19 Relief Fund will support local nonprofit...
Aug 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA
Tyson Foods is launching weekly on-site coronavirus testing for employees at all 140 of its U.S. production facilities, making it one of the first major American employers to commit to such regular and expansive testing of its workforce. The food conglomerate behind...
Jul 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Survey, FEUSA
With nearly three decades of financial advising behind her, Mary J. Howard knows a lot about helping others navigate uncertainty and plan for the future. Her daughter, Megan, is now learning the same alongside her as their team has been working closely with clients to...
Jul 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA
Inspiration had struck, and Melissa Johnson was going with it. “As I’ve grown older, I can’t say I’ve necessarily grown wiser. I know there is a whole lot I don’t know,” she wrote in a Facebook post one recent Friday. “The only thing I know for sure is that an act of...
Jul 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA
As soon as people nationwide began staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they began watching movies. And then, they started popping popcorn. That has been a bright spot amid the pandemic for JOLLY TIME Pop Corn, a century-old family business based in Sioux...
Jul 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, FEUSA
June 5, 2020 – President Trump visited Guilford, Maine today and toured the Puritan Medical Products headquarters. During his remarks, the President championed his Administration’s use of the Defense Production Act to bolster American manufacturing capabilities and...
