Grocery News Archive - 03-Jan-2008
3 in custody for GR grocery store robbery (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)The Grand Rapids Police Department has arrested three people in connection with the robbery of a grocery store.How to make the most of grocery shopping (MSNBC)grocery stores are getting bigger and more complicated. Unless you have all day, wandering aimlessly through the store can be frustrating, and it can wreck your budget, says Susan Mitchell, a nutritional consultant for SuperTarget stores. Her advice: shop with a plan.
Grocery store robbed in Grand Rapids (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)Police in Grand Rapids are investigating a robbery of a grocery store Wednesday evening.
New No. 1: Wal-Mart bags top grocery spot (Houston Chronicle)Wal-Mart Supercenters have overtaken Kroger as grocery market share leader for the Houston area, according to a recent market survey.
Shoppers Pay Grocery Tax In Texarkana, Arkansas (KTAL Shreveport)It's not favored by grocery shoppers in Texarkana, Arkansas, but the start of a new year meant the beginning of a new 7-percent sales tax being assessed on food items in the city. Until now, food items were exempt from the grocery tax, like they still are on the Texas side.
Grocery shopping to be a bit less taxing (The Leaf Chronicle)It may be just half a cent, but for some local grocery shoppers, a small reduction in food tax is better than nothing.
Tips for making the most out of grocery shopping (Kingston Daily Freeman)Most people pay for their groceries with three currencies - money, time and angst. Grocery stores are getting bigger and more complicated.
GROCERY: Specialty foods: Don't get passed over (Progressive Grocer)Smart merchandising to more mainstream shoppers can turn kosher sections into a bang-up business in dry grocery.
Armed customer thwarts grocery robbery (The Indianapolis Star)A 51-year-old man stopped a masked man from robbing a Far-Southside grocery store and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
