<p>Unified Grocers is sponsoring a Summer Youth Employment Program teaching fifty-one high school students how the supermarket industry works<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The seven week program, taking place from July 1 through Aug. 16, allows students to work in various jobs throughout the organization and participate in hands-on instructional activities focused on building job skills and developing their knowledge of the food industry. The program also offers tours of wholesale operations, retail grocery stores, food manufacturing facilities and farms.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Students are either attending or are recent high school graduates. They were selected after completing an extensive application and interview process.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Bob Ling, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unified Grocers, said, "Our entire organization benefits from the energy, enthusiasm and fresh thinking that our Summer Youth Employment Program students bring to our Company each year. It is always a pleasure to see the growth of these bright and talented students during their time with us and then later learn about their continued career development and success."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Unified's Summer Youth Employment Program students also have an opportunity to win scholarships from Unified to help further their education. The scholarship winners are announced at graduation ceremonies held in each region of the Company at the conclusion of the program.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.unifiedgrocers.com/EN/Pages/default.aspx" target="_new">Unified Grocers</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
