Full Text of HR0516 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Potash family | 4 | | on Potash Markets being named the Illinois Retail Merchants | 5 | | Association 2011 Illinois Retailer of the Year; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Retail Merchants Association will | 7 | | honor Potash Markets on September 14 at the Palmer House Hilton | 8 | | Hotel in Chicago; the annual award is given to a retailer not | 9 | | only successful in business, but committed to community and | 10 | | civic affairs and respected in the industry; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, A family-owned and operated business since 1950, | 12 | | Potash Markets is a full-service grocery with three locations | 13 | | in downtown Chicago;
siblings Dave, Melvin, Marian, and the | 14 | | late Herbert Potash opened the first store 61 years ago; the 3 | 15 | | surviving siblings still work in the company while Mel's son, | 16 | | Art Potash, serves as CEO; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Potash Markets flourishes amidst the hustle and | 18 | | bustle of downtown Chicago because it focuses on the people who | 19 | | make up the business; they oblige customers requesting | 20 | | donations for fundraisers, give regularly to neighborhood | 21 | | churches and schools, and even create special memento books to | 22 | | the families of newborn babies; when employees need help, they |
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| 1 | | have offered interest-free loans or arranged flexible work | 2 | | schedules; employees return that loyalty, and many stay at the | 3 | | company for 30, 40 or 50 years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Potash family gets involved in the industry, | 5 | | through organizations like the Illinois Food Retailers | 6 | | Association and the Food Marketing Institute; Mel Potash is a | 7 | | past chairman of the Illinois Food Retailers Association; Art | 8 | | Potash currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Food | 9 | | Marketing Institute; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Retail success is nothing new to the Potash | 11 | | Markets; in the late 1960s, Potash boasted the highest volume | 12 | | sales per square foot of any grocer in the country; recently, | 13 | | the retailer redesigned its stores in an effort to make the | 14 | | customers' experience more satisfying, fun, and convenient;
| 15 | | Potash Markets now features the new Sandburg Wine Cellar, a | 16 | | sushi counter run by Chef Danny Chan, a meat department that | 17 | | creates signature sausages in-house, and a deli menu of | 18 | | restaurant quality; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Dave, Melvin, Marian, and Art Potash on this | 22 | | honor and wish them continued success for years to come; and be | 23 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dave, Melvin, Marian, and Art Potash as a symbol | 3 | | of our respect and esteem.
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