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The Geifman family has deep roots in the local business community

Posted on July 27, 2024

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Geifman First Equity is a Midwest real estate development company with roots stretching back over 100 years in the Quad Cities. The company has grown to become a well-known and trusted provider of commercial, industrial, and office rental space to numerous businesses in the area. The company’s history began in 1921 in the retail grocery store business and as a developer of commercial property for our independently-owned stores and associated retail tenants. This same focus remains today while providing high-quality construction and management of retail, industrial, office and special-use buildings for use by a wide range of…

Governor Signs Worker Protection Bill Championed by UFCW 3000 Grocery Store Workers into Law — UFCW 3000

Posted on July 15, 2024

OLYMPIA, WA – This morning, Governor Inslee signed into law Senate Bill 6007, a bill intended to protect grocery store workers and communities from the negative impacts of corporate megamergers in the grocery industry. Drafted in response to the news that grocery giants Kroger (owner of Fred Meyer and QFC) and Albertsons/Safeway are threatening to merge into one huge company, ESSB 6007 saw enormous support from local Washington grocery store workers and community allies, who advocated throughout the legislative session for its passage. “As I explained to legislators, we’ve already learned the hard way through past grocery chain mergers about…

Study finds food deserts in Georgia growing at alarming rate

Posted on June 27, 2024

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Nearly a million people living in Georgia have limited access to a full-service supermarket, according to a study by the reinvestment fund. The “limited supermarket access analysis” found the disparity is growing due to rapid population growth in the state. Christina Szczepanski with the reinvestment fund says more people are moving into rural or urban communities that lack resources, “Retail lags, it takes a much longer time frame for grocery stores and other types of retailers just can’t catch up.” Researchers found in Metro Atlanta the number of people who have no nearby grocery…