IKEA Launches Social Fund to Assist Employees
IKEA is launching a $10 million social fund to help employees who are struggling with the economy. In addition, the retailer is offering larger staff discounts to support employees struggling to cope with higher living costs. The fund would be available in all markets, and the money would not be a loan.
All staff can apply for the fund, and the company will assess on a case-by-case basis how much they may receive. The employer said it would also double staff discounts to 30% and is looking into other additional compensation enhancements after it invested in growing employees' compensation and benefits.
Food Lion’s Holiday Campaign to Provide 1 Million Meals
Food Lion Feeds is providing 1 million meals to help fight hunger this holiday season, and customers can help make an even bigger impact. Through its annual Food Lion Feeds Holidays Without Hunger campaign, Food Lion customers may purchase a specially marked, prepacked Holidays Without Hunger food box for $6 or make a cash donation at checkout in-store or online.
Each Food Lion store will donate boxes purchased directly to local Feeding America member food banks or a partner feeding agency in the store’s community. Additionally, 100% of all cash donations will directly support Feeding America and its member food banks.
Old Spaghetti Factory Partners with Interface to Streamline Operations
The Old Spaghetti Factory has partnered with Interface to implement the technology company’s suite of managed services to transform its network, voice, and security infrastructure. The restaurant’s IT team wanted to standardize network equipment across all their locations to increase efficiencies and reduce downtime.
Since implementing Interface’s restaurant-network-in-a-box, the brand has experienced significantly better network uptime resulting in improved employee productivity, and better guest experience. In addition, Interface provided the stores with updated security and a new VoIP solution.