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.
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.
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.
The bill now moves to the House, which is expected to vote soon on its own Sunday sales proposal with similar terms.
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.
Aldi and Lidl—two no-frills German discounters that are expanding quickly in the United States—are putting more pressure on grocery giants Kroger and Walmart than Amazon.
Thanks to an oversupply, there should be plenty of turkey for second helpings this Thanksgiving. Not to mention cranberries.
Two powerful lobbying groups say they have resolved differences that previously led state lawmakers to give up on efforts to overturn the Prohibition-era Sunday carryout sales ban.
The supermarket giant kicked off its biggest rally in more than two years after saying it might sell its convenience-store business. The operation spans 18 states, including Indiana, and generates about $4 billion in sales.
Amazon.com Inc.’s splashy takeover of Whole Foods, complete with deep price cuts, did more than bring a surge of publicity to the chain: It boosted customer traffic.
The family-owned meat shop and full-service caterer has been operating in the northern suburbs since 1966. It moved from Zionsville to Fishers in 1969.
The internet juggernaut spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market as much as 43 percent.
Amazon’s announcement comes a day after Whole Foods shareholders gave their approval and the Federal Trade Commission said it would not block the purchase. The deal is expected to close Monday.
The approval is one step required to close the deal, which is a bold move into physical stores for Amazon, and has the possibility of making big changes to the supermarket industry and online grocery ordering.
The Hogsett administration plans to use federal grant funding to stimulate the development of one or more grocery stores and help eliminate food deserts.
Local grocery chain Safeway, hatched during World War II, has outlasted other homegrown competitors at a time large nationals are increasing their market share.
Kroger said it will first focus on reopening seven of the stores, spending $20 million on renovations.
Plans are taking shape to revamp dilapidated and underdeveloped properties in the Maple Crossing area, north of 38th at Illinois and Meridian streets.
The store was one of 18 of 44 remaining Marsh groceries that wasn’t acquired last month to either Kroger or Fresh Encounter, as part of Marsh Supermarket’s bankruptcy process.
Rather than featuring long, tall aisles like traditional groceries, the new-format stores featured a courtyard in the center with a dozen “boutiques” around the perimeter, each selling a certain category of goods.
