This week, let us extend the Giving Back conversation by exploring ways that a company can provide incentives to encourage employees to volunteer with nonprofits and get more engaged in the community.

2. FBI Agents at Headquarters of Haslam Family Business - Tuesday, April 16, 2013

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – FBI agents have blocked the entrance at the Knoxville headquarters of Pilot Flying J, the truck stop business owned by the family of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and his brother, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.

3. Healthy Schools: Goodbye Candy and Greasy Snacks - Monday, February 04, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – Goodbye candy bars and sugary cookies. Hello baked chips and diet sodas.

The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are more healthful, a change that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus.

4. Coca-Cola to Address Obesity for First Time in Ads - Tuesday, January 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) – Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taking to the airwaves for the first time to address a growing cloud over the industry: obesity.

5. Dollar Stores Get Spruced Up; Deals Less Clear Cut - Friday, November 30, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – Ducking into a dollar store to pick up some a soda and bag of cookies might save you time and effort, but will you save any money?

Since the start of the downturn, major chains such as Dollar General Corp. and Family Dollar Stores Inc. have accelerated their growth by transforming stores with wider aisles, better lighting and more name brands. The result is that they're shedding their image as depots for misfit merchandise and pulling in a wider range of shoppers.

6. AutoZone Announces Changes to Board of Directors - Friday, October 19, 2012

Enderson Guimaraes, CEO of PepsiCo Europe, has been elected to the AutoZone board of directors.

AutoZone also has announced that two of its current board members, William Crowley and Robert Grusky, are not standing for re-election at the company’s annual meeting Dec. 12.

7. Soda Industry: Vending Machines Will Show Calories - Tuesday, October 09, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – As criticism of sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your fingertips.

The move comes ahead of a regulation that would require restaurant chains and vending machines to post the information as early as next year, although the specifics for complying with the requirement are still being worked out.

8. Scrapping Plans - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Covered in vines and behind a chain-link fence on the corner of Plum Avenue and North Thomas Street are several white posts that are the last remnant of what was once the Lazarov junkyard in North Memphis.

9. Wal-Mart to Make, Sell Healthier Foods - Friday, January 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – Wal-Mart, the nation's largest grocer, says it will reformulate thousands of products to make them healthier and push its suppliers to do the same, joining first lady Michelle Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.

10. Obama Says He Shares Mission With Business Leaders - Thursday, December 16, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama, trying to boost anemic job creation and improve testy relations with the corporate community, said Wednesday he wants ideas from business leaders on how to “seize the promise of this moment.”

11. Procter & Gamble Moves From Soap Operas to Tweets - Friday, December 10, 2010

CINCINNATI (AP) – Goodbye, "Guiding Light." Hello, YouTube.

Procter & Gamble Co., whose sponsorship and production of daytime TV dramas helped coin the term "soap operas," has pulled the plug after 77 years. Instead, the maker of Tide detergent, Ivory soap and Olay skincare is following its customers online with a big push on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.

12. Lawsuit FiledAgainst Pepsi, Coke - Thursday, August 09, 2007
     Thirteen Shelby County residents have filed suit in U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, against Pepsi Co. Inc. and the Coca Cola Co. Inc. alleging a nationwide scheme of consumer misrepresentation practic

13. Crye-Leike's Truong Receives Broker's License - Wednesday, February 07, 2007

The Tennessee Real Estate Commission (TREC) has announced that David N. Truong from Crye-Leike's Quail Hollow office, 6525 Quail Hollow Road, has successfully passed the real estate broker licensure exam and has received his broker's license. Truong completed strict experience and education requirements, including 120 classroom hours of real estate education. He has been a real estate agent for four years in and around Shelby and DeSoto counties, where he specializes in all areas of real estate sales.

14. McMillan NamedTo Fred's Board of Directors - Monday, February 05, 2007
     Michael T. McMillan has been named to Fred's Inc.'s board of directors. The appointment becomes effective today.
     He is replacing Gerald E. Thompson, who assumed the role of executive vi

15. FedEx Donates $1 MillionFor MLK Memorial - Thursday, September 07, 2006
     FedEx Corp. is donating $1 million for the construction of a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington.
     "FedEx Corp. is proud to support the building of a national memorial t

16. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Employment poll predicts

Employment poll predicts

modest gains for Memphis

The latest poll of quarterly staffing plans released Monday by Manpower Inc. reveals Memphis job seekers can expect tepid waters in the employment pool this spring. ...

17. Archived Article: Delta P.2 - Thursday, March 30, 2000
Delta Beverage quarterly operating results up Delta Beverage quarterly operating results up Delta Beverage Group Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter of its 1999 fiscal year. Net sales of Delta Beverage Group and its majority-owned subsidia...

18. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, August 09, 1999
Help Wanted Ads Volume at 2-Yr Delta Beverage Group Inc. reported net sales for it and its majority owned subsidiary, the Pepsi-Cola/Seven-Up Beverage Group of Louisiana, for the second quarter 1999 increased by 0.5 percent to $96.5 million from $96...

19. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, June 02, 1999
Dr Philip G. Satre, chairman and chief executive officer of Harrahs Entertainment Inc., has been named to the board of directors of JDN Realty Corp. Paul Stone has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Mark VII Inc. Ston...

20. Archived Article: Delta Bev - Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Delta Beverage Group, Inc Delta Beverage Group reports bump in sales Delta Beverage Group Inc. reported net sales of Delta Beverage Group Inc. and its majority owned subsidiary the Pepsi-Cola/Seven-Up Beverage Group of Louisiana, increased net sales...

21. Archived Article: Amb (bott) - Wednesday, October 14, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON San Francisco REIT acquires Willow Lake Business Park By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News San Francisco-based AMB Property Corp. has purchased the Willow Lake Business Park as part of a series of five acquisitions completed during its...

22. Archived Article: Ameri (bott) - Wednesday, July 29, 1998
City, county and company officials raised the first beam Tuesday on what will soon be a 122,000 square foot distribution center for Dallas-based AmeriServe AmeriServe starts $7.1 million distribution center By KATHLEEN BURT The Daily News The first ...

23. Archived Article: Ameriserve - Monday, May 11, 1998
Ameriserve Food Distribution Dallas food distribution company buys vacant land in Memphis By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Dallas-based AmeriServe Food Distribution Inc. has purchased vacant land in Memphis on Shelby View Drive near Raleigh-LaGra...