Rishabh Jain Named 2026PA DECA Scholar by PFMA
The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association announced that Rishabh Jain of Downingtown STEM Academy has been named the 2026 PA DECA Scholar, supported by PFMA. Jain, a senior at Downingtown STEM Academy, has distinguished himself through academic excellence, entrepreneurial leadership, and a deep commitment to DECA at the chapter, district, state, and international levels. Over four […]
March 2026 Inside Dish | Alex Baloga
How Independent Grocers AreFighting Back Against Shrink
CONTRIBUTED BY PFMA Member Panoptyc Shrink has always been a cost of doing business in grocery. But lately, the math has gotten harder to ignore. Retail shrink across the industry averages between 1.5% and 2% of total revenue. For grocery chains where margins often sit at 1% to 3%, that means shrink alone can wipe […]
PFMA Launches Season 9 of “Shelf Confidence”
The Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association (PFMA) will debut Season 9 of its podcast, Shelf Confidence, on Thursday, March 12, with new weekly episodes every Thursday focused on practical leadership and real-world challenges across Pennsylvania’s Food and Beverage Industry. The Season 9 trailer will be released Monday, March 9, with full episodes launching weekly each Thursday […]
Making the Connection: Human Trafficking, Major Events and the Food and Beverage Industries
By: Truckers Against Trafficking Human trafficking – or modern-day slavery – is a global crime in which people are bought and sold for forced labor or commercial sex. Traffickers use violence, manipulation and false promises of work opportunities or romance to lure, control and exploit their victims, generating billions of dollars per year in illicit […]
Attorney General Dave Sunday on Safety, Partnership, and Organized Retail Crime
Spend a few minutes with Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday and you realize something quickly: he sees the job through the eyes of a father first. “I think being a dad and a husband makes me a much better attorney general,” Sunday said. “Because I view the world through the lens of the issues that […]