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Jason Jacob displays Fuji red apples Monday in the produce section of EatWell in Columbia. Jacob has been an employee since October while studying at the Boone County Fire Protection District, aspiring to be a firefighter in St. Louis. A lot of times you do your work and go home, Jacob said. Nobody tells you did a good job.
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Mayor Brian Treece, left, talks with Polly Traxler, a longtime employee of the Schnucks store at Forum Shopping Center, on Monday at EatWell in Columbia. Treece presented a certificate acknowledging his appreciation of front-line workers to Traxler and cashier Roberto Cordero, who was representing the EatWell store in honor of Supermarket Employee Day. Schnucks and other companies in the food market around the nation recognized their front-line employees Monday.