REPORT Iol9.NO 9 an Official Publication of the Associated Food Dealers of Michigan and Its Affiliate, Package Liquor Dealers Association Working Hard for Our Members
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Associated Food Dealers BULK RATE 18470 W. 10 Mile Rd. U.S. Postage Southfield, Ml 48075 PAID ASSOCIATED FOOD DEALERS OF MICHIGAN Permit No. 36 Address Correction Requested Detroit, Ml and its affiliate: PACKAGE LIQUOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION FOOD & b e v er a g e REPORT iOL9.NO 9 An official publication of the Associated Food Dealers of Michigan and its affiliate, Package Liquor Dealers Association Working hard for our members. September 1998 Great Golf at Wolverine! Tailgate parties score )ou an help reduce your tu burden •page 3 winning touchdowns mat to do if a reporter ah'pageS Mm) Rep. Bob Brown for your store •Pft 1* by Ginny Bennett The sound and sight of crashing helmets on our TV Meet "the man in the screen, lets us know that it is football season and time for tot" *t Dearborn Farm tailgating. Americans love any excuse for a party and Market •page 26 football fans party before, during and after the game. Tailgating-the impromptu pregame parties that begin legislative Update in the stadium parking lots and nearby streets-is so popular that some fans tailgate and never even make it into the stadium. Some don’t even have tickets! Still Grocers still More photos beginning on page 22 others will tailgate in the comfort of their own TV room. For today's fan, the food and beverage is just as face a important as the main event. Lobbyist’s Perspective So offer your customers everything they’ll need. minimum by AFD Lobbyists Mike Ranville and Mel Larsen They’ll be stopping in for beer, soft drinks and snacks The two major political stories from the current send them out the door with everything else necessary for wage vote legislative session are now being played out across the perfect get together and more. M ichigan. Tailgate parties can be as simple as subs, chips and Using the same tactics The first involves Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger’s cookies or as elaborate as ribs and burgers on a hibachi. be used in 1996, Senator upset victory in the Democratic gubernatorial primary Remind shoppers to pick up veggies and dip, chips and Edward Kennedy (D MA) election on August 4. While some trace the Fieger win to salsa, and dessert, too continues to assert that he a crossover Republican vote, others contend the Everyone will need paper products like paper plates, will attach his bill (S. flamboyant attorney for assisted suicide advocate Dr. cups, napkins, paper towels, trash bags, and wet 1805) to increase the Jack Kevorkian peeled a scab from growing Michigan towelettes. Suggest they stock up on film, ice. batteries, minimum wage to $6.15 an voter dissatisfaction. Whatever, organized labor's sun protection and even plastic chairs. by January 1, 200 0 , as inability to deliver the nomination to their chosen Innovation is the key here. Position tailgate necessities amendment on the candidate. East Lansing attorney Larry Owen, means together in an easy-to-access arrangement Get creative! senate floor. The next voters will have a clear choice when they go to the polls Set up a store display with an old sofa or car seats, a vehicle is in November. hibachi and a cooler and decorate with streamers and bankruptcy reform Fieger’s position on key issues to AFD members is still pennants. Add mums from the floral department for legislation which is being discerned. For instance, he has criticized the color. Get the spirit and score a tailgating touchdown for scheduled to be debated on your store! Senate floor during the See Lobbyist’s Perspective, page 28 week of Septem ber 7 call or write your Income as a food spending indicator senators today and ask Income and household size are the two best indicators for them to oppose S. 1805. explaining consumer expenditure behavior and for predicting 300 grocers, and trends in food spending and consumption. Food spending tends to closely follow consumer income rather than GDP (an indicator for approximately 3,000 the general economy). owners from While the amount spent on food increases with household income, the country have the proportion of income spent on food decreases as income rises. signed on to the 'mega' And where consumers spend their food dollar varies by income. letter which will bo Wealthier households spend more money and a larger share of their food budget on food-away-from-home (47 percent). Whereas p la ted to members o f the poorest group spends a relatively smaller share on food-away- prior to any from-home (27 percent). minimum wage vote Disposable personal income (DPI), as tracked by the Department of Commerce, is the income indicator used most. The DPI is calculated as personal income less personal lax and nontax payment. Visit our Web site at: http://www.cstorecentral.com/afd.htm BSS ■ | a A ! ! i i HCSBH H 7 , _* • . - *J i|^i^ -\ 5 1 V ^ l o g J e e fl 11 PEPSI ^ lljn house parly r Z^!/* s '- £ ? l \ Sqq Your Local Pepsi/Frito-Lay Distributor for Details. PEPSI PEPSICOLA DIET PEPSI. MOUNTAIN DEW. HOUSE PARTY. HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY. HALLOWEEN FUN HOUSE PARTY „„d the.Pops, Glob. d e ^ „ are .r.d.m a.ks ol PepsiCo. Inc LAYS. LAYS L DORITOS. DORITOS L090 and NACHO CHEESIER ar* trademarks used by Fnto-Lay. Inc © Recot. Inc.. 1998 Chairman’s Message Bill Viviano, Chairm an House of Prime Fred Dally, Vice Chairman Future Planning Medicine Chest Sam Dallo, Vice Chairman New estate tax bill introduced in the senate Legislation In 'N' Out Foods, Region 4 Terry Farida, V ice Chairm an M em bership means for promoting equal Small business has long been Value Center Markets economic opportunity, the estate recognized as the backbone of Gary Davis, Treasurer Tom Davis & Sons Dairy Co. tax destroys family businesses and America's economy. Small Ronnie Jamil, Secretary harms the American economy at businesses have been leaders in Mug & Jug Liquor Store little to no benefit to the federal job creation - employing almost 60 JERITUS DIRECTORS Treasury. The estate tax amounts percent of the workforce and M ark K arm o to only one percent of total federal creating about two-thirds of the Royal Food Center N a b b y Y ono revenues while costing the new jobs in the United States since XTRA Foods, Orchard Food Center government and taxpayers 65 the 1970s. Our tax laws should Frank Arcori V O S. Buying Group cents per dollar collected for encourage rather than discourage Amir Al-Naimi by AFD Chairman Bill Viviano enforcement and compliance. the perpetuation of these Joy-Thrifty Scot S am Y ono Last month a column in this The hard reality is that federal businesses. Palace Plaza publication by AFD President Joe estate lax policy forces many With the mid-year Congressional RETAIL DIRECTORS Sarafa talked about excessive faxes. successful, family-owned and Budget Office (CBO) prediction of a J im G arm o This month I'm pleased to write operated businesses to sell out - SI .6 trillion surplus over the next ten Galaxy Foods, Region 2 about legislation that aims at often to large publicly held or Richard George years, members of Congress are Wine Barrel Plus reducing a portion of our tax burden foreign corporations - in order to focusing on their tax priorities. Raad Kathawa - specifically estale taxes. pay the tax collector. Over 70 Efforts are underway to ensure that Ryan's Foods. Region 1 A laa Naim i In July, Senator Ben Nighthorse percent of family-owned federal estate tax repeal is part of Thrifty Scot Supermarket Campbell (R-CO) introduced the businesses do not survive through Alan Stotsky any tax package, but we need your Concord Drugs. Region 6 Estate and Gift Tax Rate Reduction the second generation and X7 help. Now, it is more important than Thomas Welch Act (S. 2318) which would phase percent do not make it through the ever, that members of Congress hear Hollywood Super Markets Brian Yaldoo out the estate tax over 10 years by third. from their constituents on this issue Woodward Long Lake Shell reducing the estate tax rates by five Reducing the lax burden on Please call or write your J erry Yono Cheers Party Store percentage points each year until businesses and individuals will members of Congress and urge Chris Zebari 2009 when the rales would be zero. spur economic growth, increase them to support elimination of the New Hudson Food Market This is a companion bill to the investment through a reduction in federal estate tax (S. 2318. H. R. SUPPLIER DIRECTORS Dunn/Tanner legislation in the the cost of capital and create new 3879). I've made it easy lor you. Al Chittaro House. jobs through business growth. A On the next page is a list of Faygo Corp William B. Jones The estate tax. which was first Center for the Study of Taxation Michigan's United States Anheuser-Busch, Inc introduced as a temporary (CST) report examining the effects congressional members. Please Ron Paradoski em ergency measure designed to Strohs Mooney Ice Cream of reducing the estate, gift and lake a few minutes to call each M ike Rosch raise revenue during war time, generation-skipping lav, rates by one. urging their support of this General Wine & Liquor Co became a permanent feature of the Cal S tein 20 percent a year for five years important bill. I've also included Sales Mark, Region 5 tax code in 19 16. Aside from being beginning in 1999. with a some helpful talking points that Barbara Weiss-Street a source of revenue, the estate tax complete phase out thereafter, you may want to use when The Paddington Corporation was also meant to break up large concluded that in the first five speaking with your legislators.