Page 6...The Portland Observer...November 4,1992
Fred Meyer Now Accepts
Visa For Groceries
V isa announced today that Port
land, O re .-b a se d Fred M eyer Inc.
(NY SE:FMY) has begun accepting V isa
cards to purchase groceries at all its
stores.
Fred Meyer operates 123 stores
in seven western states,
with 69 o f the stores in
six states having full
food departm ents. The
com pany has accepted
V isa for nonfood prod
ucts for more than two de
cades. This is the first time
it has taken Visa cards for groceries, as
well.
“W e have recognized a growing
consum er dem and for this type of ser
vice,: C urt Lerew , senior vice president
ofFred Mey e r’s Food Group, said “Now
our custom ers can pay for all their Fred
M eyer purchases.
U.S. Bank of Ofegon, also head
quartered in Portland, will be process
ing all Fred M eyer Visa transactions,
extending their 25-year relationship of
providing Visa acceptance in nonfood
departm ents.
“W e are pleased to assist Fred
M eyer in providing this payment o p
tion to o u r V isa cred it and d eb it
cardholders," said Bartt Brick. “This
additional service with Fred Meyer is
an example of the range o f payment
o p tio n s merchants can provide their
customers and that can be
p rocessed through U .S.
Bank. We are especially
excited to see this move
b e c a u se
our
V isa
cardholders have shown
so much interest in buy
ing food item s w ith the
card.”
“T h is c o m m itm en t from Fred
Meyer com es while Visa acceptance at
supermarkets is snowballing by a diz
zying 134 percent over last year’s fig
ures," said W esley C. Tallm an, execu
tive vice president o f consum er prod
ucts for Visa U.S.A. “We expect this
momentum tocontinueinthe months to
com e.”
V isa’s m arket leadership is re
flected by the more than 7,500 super
markets that accept V isa, an increase of
4,500 locations in the last year. In addi
tion, 80 percent of the lop 50 superm ar
ket chains accept Visa. As a result of
this increased market penetration, Visa
expects its supermarket volume to reach
S I.7 billion for the entire year, com-
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pared with $981 million in 1991.
Fred Meyer is a leading regional
retailer o f a wide range ol lood, apparel,
general m erchandise, home electronics,
fine jew elry and home improvement
products sold in one-stop-shopping stores
ranging in size up to 200,000 square feet.
The company em ploys 24,000 people
and operates 123 stores in Oregon, W ash
ington, Utah, Idaho, Alaska,Califom ina,
and Montanta.
U.S. Bank of Oregon is a subsidiary
ofU .S.B ancorp(N A SD A Q :U SB C ),the
largest ftnanc ial services company head
quartered in the Northwest. W ith assets
o f $21.1 billion a so f Sept. 30,1992, U.S.
Bancorp is one of the nation’s 35 largest
financial institutions, and has ranked
among the top tier o f these com panies in
performance and capital strength for the
last several years. O ther U.S. Bancorp
subsidiaries include U.S. B ankof W ash
ington, U.S. Bank o f California, U.S.
Bank ofN evadaand U.S. B ankofldaho.
Visa is the largest consumer pay
ment card system in the world. It has
more than 10 million acceptance loca
tions, the leading global ATM network,
and issuance o f 291 million debit and
credit cards worldwide, including 144
million in the United States.
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U nder B lu m en au er’s am ended
resolution, the City Council approved
the immediate hiring of 19 police offic
ers. It also instructed the police Bureau
to prepare a proposal ne x t month to h i rc
38 more officers in the fiscal year that
begins July 1993.
Previously, the city’s fiscal plan
had called only for hiring 10 new offic
ers in the next fiscal year and 10 more the
following year. The City will pay for the
additional officers with $2.9 million in
new recurring revenues that resulted
from an unexpected increase in property
values.
“Because public safety is my num
ber one priority, I ’ve worked hard to find
every dollar I can to fulfill the Council’s
commitment to hire 200 new officers,”
says Blumenauer. “ Before today, we
funded 143 positions, without raising
taxes. This morning, we found a fiscally
responsible way to pay for another 19,”
“But mostly this is about hope,”
said Blumenauer. “ During the last three
years, we heard from thousands of people
who are scared, frustrated about crime in
Portland. Adding these new officers will
give families, neighborhoods, and busi
nesses hope that help is on the way.
Adoption: A Lifelong Journey
November Is National Adoption
Awareness Month
“W e’ve got a responsibility as
A m ericans to find homes for these
kids. It’s the right thing to do.” David
T h o m as, a d o p tee and fo under of
W endy’s In t’l.
Hundreds of Oregon children are
w aiting for the “right thing!” The
C hildren’s Services Division estimates
500 kids will need homes this year...
180 need adoptive homes today.
W ho Needs Adoptive Homes?
Youngsters of all ages. Some with
physical or mental disabilities; some
were bom drug-affected; brothers and
sisters who must be placed together;
ethnic m inorities; older children. Real
children, with a very real need to be
som eone’s son or daughter.
W ho Are Adoptive Parents?
Adoption has changed through the
years. You d o n ’t have to be married,
childless, rich or own your own house
to adopt. You do have to tie able to
provide a stable, loving home and to be
understanding o f the past these kids
bring along with them.
Adoption Affects People ForLifc:
Research shows adopted boys may
be affected more by adoption than girls.
Adoption has a lifelong im pact on the
children, birth parents and adoptive
parents. Adoption registries and sup
port groups help people touched by
adoption.
Story Ideas:
CSD has had a record breaking
year placing special needs children.
505 adoptive placements between July
‘91-June ’92.
Same race or trans-racial adop
tions.
Single parent adoptions on the in
crease.
Profiles of adoptive families or
notable adoptees.
Reunions. How adoptive registries
connect adoptees and their birth fam i
lies. Call 378-4452 for information on
registries.
Many agenciesbesidcsCSD handle
adoptions. Sec list o f agencies on back.
If you would I ike to do a story about
adoptions contact the local CSD Branch
M anager or Karen Lee at 373-7717.
You are invited to Jesuit High
School’s Open House, Sunday Novem
ber 8th from 1-4 p.m.
Jesuit will be going coeducational
in the fall o f 1993 and will be accepting
applications for men and women grades
9-12. Jesuit is currently involved in a
$12.5 million expansion project. Visit
our newly com pleted Knight physical
Education Center, tour the campus, leam
about our programs and meet our staff
and students. Jesuit is located at 9000
SW B eaverton-H illsdale H ighw ay.
Please call 292-2663 for further infor
mation.
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Non-Alcoholic Beverage
Category Explodes
The non-alcoholic beverage m ar
ket once consisted solely o f milk, soft
drinks, coffee and tea. today, consum er
demands fordiversily.convenience and
healthfulness are driving an eclectic,
ever-burgeoning beverage market that
offers,everything from sparkling, m in
eral, and flavored waters to exotic fruit
juices and alcohol-free beer and wine.
A good exam ple of the appeal of
this “ new age” beverage market is the
phenomenal growth in recent years of
the non-alcoholic brew business. Be
tween 1989 and 1991, sales o f these de-
alcoholized beers rose 152% from 9.6
million cases to 24 million cases. This
growth reflects both the improving qual
ity o f non-alcoholic brews and the entry
into the market o f A m erica’s tw o larg
est brewers, Anheuser-Busch and Miller
Brewing Co., whose product, O ’D oul’s
and Sharp’s, have drawn consum er and
trade attention to the non-alcoholic brew
category.
To date, the alcohol-free wine busi
ness has lacked both quality products
andam ajorbrand tocatalyzeconsum cr
and trade interest. None the less, sales
o f the few products on the market have
risen steadily over the past few years.
Now that Sutter home, A m erica’s lead
ing varietal wine brand, has entered the
market with a superior product - Sutter
Home Fre - the de-alcoholized wine
category should take off like a rocket.
“My family and I have always con
sidered ourselves to be in the beverage
business,.” saysRogerTrinchero, Sutter
Home president and chief operating
officer. “T hat’s why we style our wines
and packaging to appeal to the tastes of
the broad market of American consum
ers. As a result, w e’ve enjoyed great
success with our white Zinfandel, our
other varietal wines, our single-serve
varietals and, most recently, with Soled,
ourchillable light red wine. All of these
products have addressed changing con
sum er preferences. Now, with Sutter
Home Fre, we are providing our cus
tomers with an alternative for those
occasions when they want a beverage
with all the character and flavor o f a
premium wine, but w ithout the alcohol.
W e’re confident that Sutter Home Fre
will become one o f A m erica’s favorite
beverages.”
Central City Concern
Honored In Washington
Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Jack Kemp today announced
the recipients o f the first Community
Service Excellence Award, presented
by the Interagency Council on the
Homeless.
A ta ceremony in W ashington, Sec
retary Kemp, who is Chairman o f the
Council, and Secretary o f Health and
Human Services, Louis M. Sullivan,
M.D., vice Chair, honored Central city
Concern as one o f 20 outstanding non
profit organizations serving homeless
families and individuals.
“These organizations are notable
for their com prehensive, integrated ser
vices that lead to greater self-suffi
ciency for the homeless, “Secretary
Kemp said, he also noted that long
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City Council Okays More
Police Hiring
The City Council today unani
mously approved a proposal by Com
m issioner Earl Blumenauer to hire 19
new police officers immediately and to
speed up plans to hire 38 other officers.
“This is a victory for every one in
Portland who cares about community
policing,” said Blumenauer. “Our ac
tion today shows that the City C o u n cif s
com m itm ent to make community p o
licing work is real.”
“W e can hire and train these 19
officers starting to d ay ,” said B lu
menauer. “ And I will fight hard during
the budget process that begins next
m onth to make sure we use every avail
able dollar to pay for the remaining
We merged with
Washington Mutui
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before the Federal governm ent was in
volved in homeless issues, many non
profit organizations were helping home
less people as part of their overall efforts
to help people in need.
The groups honored today, from 14
states, serve a variety o f the homeless
population, including fam ilies,children
and youth; thcclderly; people with AIDS;
and people with severe mental illness.
The comprehensi ve services offered
by these organizations include em er
gency shelters and services, transitional
and permanent housing; employment
skills, job training and placement; health
care, mental health counseling and sub
stance abuse services; legal inform a
tion; and child care, transportation and
services.
Conference On
I n h h v in n Set In Salem
A seminar on effective' lobbying
and coalition building will be held Tues-
day.N ov. 17,1992, at the State Capitol
in Salem.
The day-long workshop, sponsored
by the Human Services Coalition of
Oregon (HSCO), is targeted toward hu
man Services C oalition o f Oregon
(HSCO), is targeted toward human ser
vice providers. Topics include how the
legislature works, the slate budget, lob
bying techniques, developing presenta
tions, and the impact non-profit groups
and advisory com m ittees can have on
the process.
Speakers at the event, which is co
sponsored by United Way of the Co
lumbia-W illamette and the Oregon De
velopmental Disabilities Council, arc
Howard Klink, public affairs director,
' 'MultnomahCounty D epartm entofH u
man Services; John Mullin, HSCO co-
chair and director o f the Clackamas
County Social Services Division;Terry
Rogers, executive director o f Mult
nomah County Legal Aid; Rep. Tony
Van Vliet, from D istrict 35 in Benton
County; and Kathryn W eit, lobbyist,
Oregon D evelopm ental D isabilities
Council.
Fees for the conference operate on
a sliding scale and run from $20 to $65
for HSCO members and $30 to $75 for
non-members. Registration deadline
if Nov. 11. All-day parking isavailable
for $3; carpooling is encouraged.
For more inform ation, contact
Lauren M oughon, United W ay of the
Columbia-W illamette in Portland, at
226-9289.
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