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BJ’s Wholesale Club ready to open store in Noblesville
BJ’s is the third-largest warehouse club chain in the country with 230 warehouse-style stores in 17 states, mostly in the eastern United States.
Giant Eagle planning new Market District supermarket in Westfield
Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle swooped into the Indianapolis market in October 2015 by opening a Market District supermarket in Carmel. It also owns more than 50 GetGo Cafe + Market stores in central Indiana.
Q&A: Fabio Viviani’s Osteria Carmel opens for dinner
The celebrity chef also is considering additional expansion in Indiana.
Study plots potential impact of Fresh Market planned by Cook Medical plant
The Indy Fresh Market, located at 38th Street and Sheridan Avenue, is expected to bring food, jobs and millions of dollars in investment to the Arlington Woods neighborhood, which is classified as a food desert.
Demand for grocery delivery cools as food costs rise
Some think delivery demand could drop further. Chase Design, a consulting firm, says its surveys show the number of U.S. shoppers who plan to use grocery delivery “all the time” has fallen by half since 2021.
Iowa-based grocery chain Hy-Vee planning store in Fishers
The Hy-Vee grocery chain, which already announced plans to build a supermarket in Zionsville, also is planning a store in Fishers, the grocer confirmed Tuesday.
Got a dime? Businesses seek Treasury help with coin shortage
A group of trade associations that represent individual businesses including banks, retail outlets, truck stops, grocery stores and more is asking the Treasury Department for more help convincing Americans to get coins back in circulation.
International market planned for former Marsh store at 86th and Ditch
In addition to goods from Asia, Europe, Africa, Central America and South America, the store will include a butcher with extensive kosher selections, a bakery with Middle Eastern sweets, a fish market, a Mediterranean restaurant and a tax-preparation service.
Saraga International Grocery details reopening plans following fire, makeover
Renovations at the store near Lafayette Square Mall were necessitated by smoke damage and water used by a sprinkler system.
Iowa-based grocery chain Hy-Vee plans 150,000-square-foot store in Zionsville
Company announces it is finalizing plans to secure 26 acres of undeveloped land along Whitestown Parkway.
Safeway supermarkets switches to employee-owned structure
The former owner of the five-store local chain said he made the switch to reward employees, who also will benefit from significant state and federal tax advantages.
Fishers-based Vibenomics signs audio deal with grocery chain Hy-Vee
Vibenomics, which offers music, advertising and audio messaging for retailers nationwide, says its audio will be heard in the Iowa-based grocery chain’s stores beginning Feb. 15.
U.S. shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather
The shortages are widespread, impacting produce and meat as well as packaged goods such as cereal. And they’re being reported nationwide.
Kroger looks to hire local drivers for new home-delivery initiative
Grocery chain Kroger this month opened an east-side fulfillment center to facilitate home delivery in Indianapolis and Richmond.
The Fresh Market grocery chain plans second Carmel location
Upscale grocery chain The Fresh Market intends to place a store in the former site of an Earth Fare store in Carmel.
Kroger ends some COVID-era benefits for unvaccinated employees
Among other changes, the two weeks of paid emergency leave that Kroger has been offering to employees who contract COVID-19 will no longer be extended to the unvaccinated, unless local jurisdictions require otherwise.
Prices for Thanksgiving dinner items in Indiana surging this year
The Indiana Farm Bureau is out with its annual Thanksgiving market basket survey and it shows Hoosier shoppers can expect to spend about 12% more at the grocery store this year than in 2020 for the family feast.
Kroger sells north-side plaza for $8.5M but agrees to remain tenant
A firm that specializes in real estate anchored by groceries has closed on the purchase a 104,678-square-foot shopping center dominated by a Kroger supermarket.
Celebrity chef Fabio Viviani to open Italian restaurant in Carmel
Chicago-based Fabio Viviani Hospitality Group is partnering with Giant Eagle’s Market District to open Osteria Carmel in the former Table by Market District space.