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STOREFRONT: RAINFOREST CAFE SIGNS UP AT NORFOLK MALL
14 May 2023 17:00 GMT
A themed-restaurant chain with only 22 other outlets, Rainforest Cafe features an elaborate rain forest decor complete with periodic bouts of simulated thunder, lightning and rainstorms.
It's stocked with both live and animated animals, whopper …
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Ukrop's Homestyle Foods Recalls Certain Green Salads, Chicken Caesar Wrap
02 Nov 2021 06:14 GMT
Ukrop's Homestyle Foods is recalling six Green Salads and Chicken Caesar Wrap citing choking risk due to the possible presence of hard plastic, the U.S Food and Drug Administration said.
The recall involves 12.6 oz Chef Salad with UPC 72251525049, 10.0 …
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Ukrop's Homestyle Foods Recalls Certain Green Salads, Chicken Caesar Wrap
02 Nov 2021 06:14 GMT
Ukrop's Homestyle Foods is recalling six Green Salads and Chicken Caesar Wrap citing choking risk due to the possible presence of hard plastic, the U.S Food and Drug Administration said.
The recall involves 12.6 oz Chef Salad with UPC 72251525049, 10.0 …
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Private labels paying off for grocery stores Grocers getting fancy schmancy with store brands
07 Oct 2017 07:35 GMT
How well do you know your grocery store house brands?
In a competitive grocery market, retailers are turning to store brands, also called private label brands, to help boost their bottom lines.
One result: store brands have fancier packaging and are better …
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Growth around former Ukrop's offers glimpse of possible impact of new Carilion facility
27 Sep 2019 23:58 GMT
ROANOKE, Va. - First Watch restaurant on Franklin Road, next to the old Ukrop's grocery store, has no trouble staying busy.
"We definitely draw in a particular crowd, mainly the elderly, who come in here after some appointment that they've had …
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Former grocery workers reinvent careers after Martin's stores close Former Martin's grocery store employees - where are they now?
25 Nov 2017 09:41 GMT
Jimmy Rebick worked for the former Ukrop's Super Markets chain for 34 years and stayed on when the Martin's Food Markets grocery chain bought those stores in 2010.
But on July 17, after about seven years with Martin's, he said goodbye to his co …
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Food Lion spends $110 million renovating area stores; chain now carries products under the Ukrop's Good Meadow brand
10 Oct 2017 04:29 GMT
Food Lion has finished fixing up its 71 stores in the Richmond region and hopes those renovations will give it an edge with customers in Richmond’s crowded and competitive grocery market.
Signage, flooring and checkout counters are upgraded. Fourteen of …
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Before the grocery wars, there was a dominant force – Ukrop’s
09 Aug 2017 23:33 GMT
BY RICH GRISET STAFF WRITER
A crew of Ukrop's employees pose for a photo in the 1960s. Photo courtesy of The ValentineIt was the spark that set off Richmond’s current grocery wars. Before Wegmans and Publix came to town, before Aldi and Lidl began …
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Shoppers flock to closing Martin’s for wine, beer at 50% off
31 Jul 2017 04:12 GMT
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Shoppers flocked to the few Martin's grocery stores in Central Virginia that are offering deep discounts on wine and beer before they close their doors this week.
Shoppers were lined up …
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When closing Martin’s stores will have wine, beer at 50% off
28 Jul 2017 23:05 GMT
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- The five remaining Martin's grocery stores in Central Virginia will have wine and beer at 50 percent off before they close their doors for the final time next week.
Company …