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Kroger Co. on Tuesday unveiled a plan to reward frequent shoppers with free minutes on the company’s cell phone service, i-wireless, which is sold exclusively in Kroger stores.
The Free Minutes rewards program gives enrolled shoppers a $1 discount for every $100 spent on qualifying in-store purchases. Monthly phone plans start at $40 for unlimited talk and $50 for unlimited talk and text for customers registered with the rewards plan.
I-wireless customers who subscribe to a monthly rate plan or a pay-as-you-go plan will receive 20 minutes of free airtime for every qualifying $100 they spend, the company said in a news release. The Cincinnati-based grocery chain described the rewards program as the first of its kind.
A group promoting the Kosciusko County orthopedics industry resolved Tuesday to work to bring high-speed rail to Warsaw.
The board of directors of OrthoWorx, an initiative created in September with the help of a $7 million Lilly Foundation grant, said it wants to be part of any discussion about where to run a rail line between Cleveland and Chicago. Indiana, Illinois and Ohio are seeking federal funds to build a high-speed rail network between cities in the Midwest.
Community and business leaders earlier identified Warsaw’s remoteness as a weakness and said high-speed rail connections to Chicago, Indianapolis and Cleveland would help.
Warsaw-based DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. bought privately held Leatherhead, England-based Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.
Finsbury makes and distributes several hip, knee and ankle implants – including metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-ceramic hip bearings.
In a Friday statement announcing the acquisition, DePuy said it would add to its portfolio of high-performance hip bearings.
DePuy officials couldn’t be reached Tuesday about whether the acquisition would affect its Warsaw workforce, which was about 1,200 in November.
Workers losing jobs at piston maker Karl Schmidt Unisia Inc. are eligible for assistance under a federal program that provides up to two years of tuition and unemployment benefits, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced Tuesday.
Karl Schmidt, the former Zollner Pistons plant, announced in April that it would close by the end of the year, costing 38 workers their jobs. The workers have been declared eligible for benefits under the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, which helps employees who lose jobs because of imports or jobs moved to other countries.
Marinette, Wis.-based Karl Schmidt in April said it was moving its Fort Wayne production to Marinette and Mexico.
Boeing’s new 787 jetliner finally got airborne Tuesday, the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world’s first commercial plane constructed with half its components made from lightweight composite materials.
The sleek jet lifted off from Everett’s Paine Field on a flight over Washington state, beginning an extensive testing program needed to obtain Federal Aviation Administration certification.
