AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoManufacturing: Investor Doug Bergeron’s slate ousted three of Ethan Allen’s five directors. The Vermont-founded furniture maker employs more than 300 people at its Orleans and Beecher Falls facilities; Bergeron says it needs a modern sales and marketing strategy to grow. Retail Supply: A strike at Associated Grocers Northeast is delaying deliveries and thinning shelves at some Vermont stores. The union is protesting a proposed shift from pensions to an unmatched 401(k). Food Production: Vermont Nut Free Chocolates has reformulated its Peppermint Bark with plant-based colors and aims to remove artificial dyes from its entire product line by year-end. Energy and Aviation: Vermont and Nova Scotia signed a three-year agreement to explore offshore wind power exports to New England. Meanwhile, BETA Technologies is pitching its electric aircraft for cargo routes, with a 250-mile range and UPS as its largest order holder. Agriculture: Vermont has invested more than $300,000 in specialty crops, while dairy farmer Paul Doton was named an honorary director for life by the National Milk Producers Federation.
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