Groceries

City considering fee on shopping bags

2013-06-10 17:10:00

Baltimore might impose a 10-cent fee on every plastic and paper bag distributed by merchants in the city — a move praised by environmentalists as a litter deterrent but decried by some businesses who say it would hurt them and their shoppers. City...

New buyer for development site in Remington

2013-05-16 20:34:00

Seawall Development Corp., a force in Remington as a builder of affordable teacher housing and a rehabber of abandoned row houses, has signed a contract to purchase an 11-acre site where an ill-fated shopping center with a Wal-Mart store was planned....

H&S plans expanded Whole Foods, department store, apartments for Central Avenue sites

2013-05-10 17:10:00

H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday....

Online grocery ordering and home delivery move to organic market

2013-05-08 05:55:00

Nate Weiner used to do most of his grocery shopping at the Wegmans in Hunt Valley and the Giant near his Hampden home. Now he orders most of his groceries online from Relay Foods and picks it up at designated spot on Sundays. "I get most of my produce...

M. Faysal Thameen, structural engineer

2013-04-23 15:03:54

M. Faysal Thameen, a retired structural engineer who headed the city's role in the 1980s construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, died of cancer April 9 at his home in Millbury, Mass. The former Parkville resident was 75. "He was a quiet force in the...

Towson's grocery glut brings the risk of failed stores [Editorial]

2013-03-21 11:45:42

The grocery industry has become smitten with Towson, but is so much love a good thing? With the opening two weeks ago of a Weis Markets, the third new grocery store to open in Towson in the past two years, supermarket shoppers in the region can choose...

Beltway plaza mall offers free lunch, movie to furlough workers

2013-03-18 10:30:00

If you have been furloughed as a result of the government sequester, Beltway Plaza Mall has a suggestion on how to spend you time off. Starting today and running through April 29th, the Greenbelt mall is offering furloughed workers the chance to see a...

Glut of grocers fight for share of Towson

2013-03-12 09:15:00

Kurt Schertle paid his tuition at Towson University by working full-time at the Shoppers grocery store on Goucher Boulevard. The job launched a career and last week Schertle returned as executive vice president of sales and marketing at Weis Markets...

Aldi grocery store opens new store in Catonsville

2013-02-22 13:05:00

Shawn Tan handed out quarters at Catonsville's Aldi grocery store Friday, and there were plenty of takers. By the time the doors opened at 9 a.m., about 50 people were in line to check out the company's seventh, and newest, Baltimore County location....

Laurel Bottom Dollar stores reconfigured as Food Lions

2013-02-19 14:56:00

Delhaize America, the parent company of Bottom Dollar Food Stores and Food Lion, is converting the two Bottom Dollar grocery stores in Laurel to Food Lion stores. The process is nearly complete at the store on Sandy Spring Road. Rebranding the two...

Army adding high-flying blimps to Aberdeen airspace

2013-02-07 17:01:00

The Army is planning to move an over-the-horizon radar system, with more than 100 soldiers and a pair of giant, blimp-like aerostats that fly as high as two miles up, to Aberdeen Proving Ground in the fall, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger said Thursday....

Better or Worse: A warm wish for snow is no match for cold reality

2013-01-12 11:46:00

Our winters have been relatively mild in recent years; but when I was young, we had to snow-shoe to school in 8-foot drifts, uphill, against the wind, both ways. Now, that's winter! I'm not a big fan of blizzards or week-long power outages. Still, I...

Dr. May Cao, left, and Lynn Cline, billing manager, show some of the food items collected for Advanced Chiropractic Care's Thanks-4-Giving food drive to benefit the New Hope Shelter in Waynesboro, Pa.

2012-11-15 04:50:00

The RedPlum insert contains a coupon for $2 off one bag of Purina OneBeyond cat food or dog food, 3 pounds or larger.

2012-10-27 10:20:00

The RedPlum insert contains a coupon for a free tray of Pedigree dog food, worth 60 cents.

2012-10-20 00:00:00