Month: August 2011

Two Food Lion stores have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2011 Gold-Level GreenChill Store Certification Award, one of the agency's highest honors for refrigeration. The stores are located at 4489 Highway 20 Southeast in Conyers, Ga., and 4760 Hardscrabble Road in Columbia, S.C. …

The opportunity to do something – anything – that combines the raging fad of couponing with Americans' love of cell phones has quickly triggered a rush of action and competition in the normally sleepy grocery market. …

August is historically a slow month for restaurants — that's why you see so many restaurant-week dining promotions scheduled for this month. August is also a slow month for food journalists, which is why you see so many restaurant-industry trend reports. …

Can restaurateurs sniff out a recovery, when the rest of the country has the jitters? It would seem so in Boston, where several well-financed new eateries have opened just as the citys economy shows signs of a small, biotechnology-driven boom. …

Publix's experiment with curbside grocery service is still going strong a year after it began, but the chain isn't saying whether it will expand the pilot program. …