Kroger to phase out plastic bags at all stores
Kroger Co., the biggest grocery player in the Indianapolis-area market, orders about 6 billion bags each year.
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Kroger closing one Indianapolis store
The Cincinnati-based grocery chain said the store, which employs 65, is unprofitable.
Kroger introduces online delivery in four markets
Kroger, the biggest grocery chain in the country, said it will "quickly" expand the service to other markets over the next few months.
Fresh Market in Fishers among 15 weak stores in chain slated for closure
The North Carolina-based grocer said Monday that the locations awaiting the ax are “longtime, underperforming stores.”
Pogue’s Run Grocer going out of business
The food cooperative's board said "sales have hit an all-time low" and that the grocery doesn't have enough money to pay employees. The final day will be Monday.
Indiana convenience stores find new way around cold beer ban
The announcement on Thursday, ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, was the latest attempt to combat liquor stores’ exclusive right to sell cold carry-out beer in Indiana.
Kroger teams with online grocer to keep pace with Amazon
Kroger Co. and United Kingdom-based online grocer Ocado Group are working on identifying sites for three automated distribution centers in the United States this year and may open as many as 20 within three years.
Kroger’s strategy leaves some Marsh sites in limbo
Since the grocer bought seven former Indianapolis-area Marsh stores last July, it has reopened only a three.
Amazon to give Prime members extra discounts at Whole Foods
The online retailer has made a number of changes to Whole Foods since it bought the chain last year.
Wind-down of Marsh Supermarkets paints ugly financial picture
Tens of millions of unsecured claims will go unpaid when the Indianapolis-based grocery chain completes its liquidation in bankruptcy court.
Kroger drops plan to build massive Marketplace store in Fishers
The Cincinnati-based grocery chain instead is opting to renovate a much smaller existing grocery across the street from where the proposed store would have been built. The decision leaves a massive hole for Kite Realty Group to fill in Fishers Station shopping center.
Q&A: Kroger manager ‘came with the building’
When Marsh moved Larry Schultz out of its Mass Ave store years ago, customers threw a fit. Kroger was smart enough to make him manager of its new downtown store.
Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition already shaking up grocery business
Amazon.com’s Inc.’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market—the national grocery chain that is opening its third local store in downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday—has sparked major disruptions in the grocery industry in the short time since the deal closed in late August.
Discount grocer Aldi coming to former Marsh site in Nora
The Marsh closed in April 2017 as the grocer teetered toward bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Aldi is on a tear with its plans to modernize existing stores and open new ones.
Walmart plans expansion of meal kits into more stores
The move puts the world's largest retailer in direct competition with meal-kit companies such as Blue Apron and HelloFresh.
After contamination hiatus, Blue Bell ice cream returning to Indiana
The iconic Texas-based brand has been unavailable locally since 2015, when the company recalled all of its products nationwide to deal with a listeria outbreak. In addition to reappearing in stores, Blue Bell is reopening a distribution center in Indianapolis.
Amazon set to roll out delivery at Whole Foods nationwide
After Amazon acquired Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion in August, rival grocers began preparing for the day the online retail giant would expand Whole Foods grocery delivery.
Kroger bagging its 762-location convenience store unit in $2.15B sale
The stores employ 11,000 associates in 18 states and operate under the banners Turkey Hill, Loaf ‘N Jug, Kwik Shop, Tom Thumb and Quik Stop.
Indiana Senate approves carryout Sunday alcohol sales bill
The bill now moves to the House, which is expected to vote soon on its own Sunday sales proposal with similar terms.
Tim Hortons’ expansion into Indy market ramping up with 5 locations
The company bringing the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain to central Indiana has revealed the sites of the four other restaurants, besides the one in Avon opening later this month.