Here's the latest Acadiana business news
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 |
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with Adam Daigle | Business editorGood morning, Acadiana. Here's what we have this morning for business news, including more reports of increased consumer spending in Lafayette Parish and the latest efforts by larger retailers to keep the employees they have during this era of worker shortage: Consumer spending surge continues in Lafayette Parish; Clothing, food big ticket items in JuneConsumer spending in Lafayette Parish during the coronavirus pandemic continued to soar in June, setting the stage for what would be a record-shattering year in the retail sales. Here's the story. |
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| | In the midst of a nationwide employee shortage, Walmart will start offering warehouse employees bonuses and temporary pay increases for working their regularly scheduled shifts at the majority of its 190 warehouses across the country, reports indicate. Read more |
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| The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus in Acadiana reached an all-time high over the weekend, according to Monday's update from the Louisiana Department of Health. Read more |
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| Sanderson Farms, the nation's third-largest poultry producer with one of its processing plants in Louisiana, is being acquired for $4.53 billion as the price of chicken soars. Read more |
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