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January 19, 2012

Feds Push For Big Fines And Safety Reforms Across Marketbasket Franchise

Some major alleged labor violations at a pair of Market Basket stores have mushroomed into a franchise-wide issue for parent firm DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc.  The problem started in October, when OSHA cited two stores in Concord and Rindge, NH for 30 “willful, repeat, and serious [safety] violations.”  The violations mostly centered around laceration and […]

January 17, 2012

Q&A: Meet In-Coming Stonyfield CEO Walt Freese

Stonyfield co-founder Gary Hirshberg created a bit of a stir in New Hampshire’s business press when he announced he was stepping down as CEO and moving over to the Chairman role.  We recently spoke with Hirshberg about his 28 years at Stonyfield, his role in the natural food movement, and how the growing organics market […]

January 16, 2012

Best Of StateImpact: Why The NH Lottery’s Revenues Are Down–And Why It Matters

One of our most popular on-going series has been “Losing The Lotto,” our continued look at the facts, figures, and people behind the New Hampshire Lottery. Losing The Lotto: What The New Hampshire Lottery Pays For:  Our first installment of the series tackles the basics of what you need to know about how the state lotto […]

January 13, 2012
January 12, 2012

Citizens Bank Workers Likely Untouched By Parent Company RBS Layoffs

The Boston Globe reports the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plans to cut 4,800 jobs in response to “volatile markets and new regulations in the United Kingdom.”  RBS is the parent company of Citizens Bank.  While the report doesn’t mention New Hampshire specifically, it appears the layoffs will largely be concentrated in Europe: “RBS spokesman […]

Stonyfield Co-Founder Gary Hirshberg Stepping Down As CEO

Stonyfield co-founder and outspoken organic food crusader Gary Hirshberg announced today he’s stepping down as CEO (or “CE-Yo”).  In his blog, Hirshberg wrote he personally hand-picked Walt Freese to replace him as head of “the world’s leading organic yogurt company” beginning January 23.  Hirshberg wrote he will, however, continue as the Chairman of the Londonderry-based […]

StateImpact Talks Primary Economics With ATC Host Brady Carlson

It seems StateImpact’s coverage of the New Hampshire primary got the attention of NHPR’s All Things Considered host Brady Carlson.  So we sat down with him in the studio and dished on some of the highlights of our economics-based primary reporting.

January 11, 2012

Romney And The Economy: Two Ways To Read His NH Victory Speech

A number of media outlets (including the Boston Globe) noted that Mitt Romney’s victory speech after the New Hampshire primary felt more like a general election speech than a nomination contest speech. But we’re less interested in the flavor of Romney’s speech than we are in the text and the overarching themes.  As we’ve noted […]

How NH Counties Voted (Based On Economic Drivers)

This year, NHPR’s GOP primary coverage took on a strong national flavor, broadcasting to listeners all over the country.  Among the network’s expanded audience were WNYC listeners in, well…NYC.  And in the spirit of inter-station cooperation, the good folks at WNYC and Patchwork Nation used AP polling data to put together a county-by-county map of […]

November Granite State Poll Number Ridiculously Close To Primary Night Figure

Before the primary, StateImpact broke down voter psychology with University of New Hampshire Survey Center Director Andy Smith.  (You can read the full post here.)  One of the things his WMUR Granite State Poll found back in November was that 63 percent of voters said the combined issue of the economy and jobs was their […]

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