It is my privilege to pass along to you a nationwide discount opportunity for back to school savings. As part of a customer appreciation program Staples has granted us the ability to share this discount with our employees. For the week of August 7-13, 2011 simply print the document listed below and take it to your local retail store to purchase many of the items in the store at a 10% discount. There are some exclusions that apply so make sure you read the fine print at the bottom. Click : Staples Discount Flyer

Due to the responses to the auto-enrollment notice that we discussed a few months ago, we have decided to not introduce that option at this time for the 401k Plan for our company.  We did have a number of associates newly enroll in the plan as an active participant as part of this effort, and we will be honoring those enrollments starting in January 2011.  If you did have an interest in participating in the 401k plan as an auto-enrollee at 4%, you still have time to enroll online at www.principal.com by using the Plan contract # 7-05090.   Please remember that you also have t...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Instructions for Establishing Personal Login to your 401k Account Live Saturday December 4, 2010 Principal Financial Group has been working to help you achieve financial security.  We take our responsibility to protect your personal data and account balances very seriously – using proven technology to safeguard your personal information and privacy.  Coming live Saturday, December 4, 2010 will be a login enhancement for your protection when accessing your 401k account.  This link contains step-by-step instructions (including screen shots) for establishing username, password, ...

[Read the rest of this article...]

As we approach the last month of 2010, FirstFleet wanted to offer one last reminder to all associates the opportunity to enroll in the 401k Plan for 2011!  As you have heard the past two months, if you have not enrolled in the 401k Plan in the past, you can do nothing and still be enrolled with an automatic contribution weekly of 4% that will start in January 2011.  Morever, you can also act now and contribute at a % or $ that best fits your needs.   Everyone has the opportunity to enroll at any % or $$ amount they are comfortable contributing to their 401k account.  ...

[Read the rest of this article...]