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CRA Member Company Albertsons Achieves Nation’s First Commercial 100% Zero-Emission Refrigerated Grocery Delivery with a Class 8 Truck

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Albertsons Companies, the second-largest grocery chain in the U.S., recently took delivery of two Volvo VNR Electric trucks at its distribution center in Irvine, California. The VNR Electric models from Volvo Trucks North America are the first zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric Class 8 trucks to be deployed in Albertsons Cos. company-wide fleet, and will be serving […]

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CRA Small and Independent Retailer Informational Forum with Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin spoke with the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce membership on the upcoming Cal/OSHA board vote for updated COVID-19 California workplace regulations & their impact on business. Join CRA’s Small and Independent CA Retailer Program for access to these time-sensitive forums. Learn more. The Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce and the CA Retailers Association hosted

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KPCC Air Talk Radio Host Larry Mantle Speaks with CRA’s President and CEO Rachel Michelin to Check In On The Retail Industry’s Recovery As SoCal Moves Into The Yellow Tier

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Although retail stores have dealt with fewer drastic coronavirus-related closures than indoor restaurants, museums and other recreational businesses, the pandemic has still radically restructured the industry. In this segment, listeners hear more about how the pandemic has affected retail. Michelin: “We are seeing an uptick with people online shopping and getting back into our brick

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CRA Addresses CA’s Port Congestion and Supply Chain Effects

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CRA’s Vice President for Public Policy Steve McCarthy participated in a panel discussion today during a California Department of Food and Agriculture board meeting that focused on resolving the longer-term issue of port congestion and its effects on California’s supply chain for the retail industry. CA retail is the last link in the supply chain

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CRA Members Meet with CA State Controller Betty Yee to Discuss Future of Work

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Thank you to State Controller Betty Yee for meeting with our CA retail members today to discuss the future of work! CRA is retailers‘ voice in Sacramento working with state legislative and regulatory officers and their senior staff to ensure retail interests are protected. CRA proactively identifies and strategically seeks solutions to long-term issues of

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Capitol Weekly Op-ed by CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin: Women’s History Month — and the ‘Shecession’

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BY RACHEL MICHELIN POSTED 03.19.2021 2020 was a rough year for everyone, but was especially difficult for women. In America, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdowns set back years of progress women have made to be recognized as equals in the workforce. March is Women’s History Month and as we honor the women who stood up for

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NACDS and the California Retailers Association Urge California to Allow Increase in Pharmacy Technician-to-Pharmacist Ratio

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Sacramento, CA –National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven C. Anderson and the California Retailers Association (CRA) President and CEO Rachel Michelin issued the following statement today:  Pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacy teams continue to play a critical role in the nation’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. Effectively leveraging the existing retail pharmacy network – where every

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin in Sacramento Business Journal: responds to COVID-19 cases in the workplace

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Where Placer and El Dorado counties are seeing workplace cases of Covid-19By Felicia Alvarez  –  Staff Writer, Sacramento Business Journal Feb 18, 2021, 9:44am EST Rachel Michelin, CEO of the California Retailers Association, said that while retailers have been “on the forefront of safety,” including with face covering protocols, retailers have faced challenges like other industries when it comes

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Gives Testimony in Assembly Select Committee on Ports & Goods Movement Joint Hearing

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Today, few of us live our lives in a pre-industrial manner – we don’t grow our own food, make our own clothes, provide our own medical cures – we all depend on a robust supply chain to ensure we have these products delivered to our communities. This has been even more important during the global

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CRA President and CEO Speaks to Fox 40 Sacramento on How COVID-19 is changing the Black Friday experience

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — From online-only shopping, curbside pickup and limited indoor capacity, Black Friday will look different this year amid COVID-19. “It’s going to be a different season,” said Rachel Michelin, president and CEO of the California Retailers Association. “We’re under some new guidelines, so we are working hard to make sure it’s a

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