Tennessee Lobbyists, Legislators Gear Up For Booze Battle Royale
Tennessee’s lawmakers and lobbyists are gearing up for a booze battle in 2014 that could determine whether or not grocery stores can legally sell wine in the Volunteer State. …
Year: 2013
Giant Eagle Jumping Into Indianapolis Market
Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle wants to build a 125,000-square-foot store at The Bridges development on 116th Street between Illinois Street and Springmill Road as the first of at least six stores in the market, local real estate brokers said. The chain’s arrival would make it the first mainline grocer to enter the market in several years and would crowd an already competitive local grocery segment. …
Sprouts Farmers Market Announces Expansion In Atlanta & Kansas City
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. announced its expansion with six signed leases in Kansas and Georgia. …
Urban Fruit Has The Potential To Impact Our Local Food System
In Seattle, abandoned orchards are considered a valuable resource. At the American Community Gardening Conference in Seattle in August 2013 I learned about City Fruit, an organization that harvests those resources on both public and private land for the benefit of the community. City Fruit believes that much fruit in the community goes to waste because people do not know how to suitably care for their fruit trees, how to harvest them and what to do with the fruit once they have it. …
Gloucester Terminals Announces Completion Of Cold Storage Project
Gloucester Terminals LLC of New Jersey has announced the completion of a $2 million renovation at the Gloucester Marine Terminal. The project was a 60,000-square-foot cold storage facility. The building is storing fruit brought up along the Delaware River, originally from South America. …
