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    February 9, 2019
    Shoppers are parked near the entrance of Worthington's Shopko store Friday afternoon. (Tim Middagh / The Globe)
    FULL STORY: Worthington Shopko slated for closure
    WORTHINGTON — Following a press release last month that announced the closing of 38 Shopko locations, Shopko released an updated list Wednesday...
    business/retailFebruary 9, 2019 - 7:00am
    February 6, 2019
    Worthington’s Shopko slated for closure
    WORTHINGTON — Weeks after Shopko announced the closure of 39 stores, the troubled national retailer on Wednesday said that an additional 174 stores will be shutting their doors — and Worthington’s location is on the list. Shopko had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...
    business/retailFebruary 6, 2019 - 8:38pm
    January 19, 2019
    Shopko closings not affecting local stores
    Shopko issued a press release Wednesday announcing that it will be closing 38 stores nationwide in an effort to restructure its finances. No stores in the immediate area are affected by the closures, but the Fairmont store will be closing April 15. For more information, visit info.shopko.com....
    business/retailJanuary 19, 2019 - 12:00pm
    DeWayne McIntyre began his duties as store director at Worthington's Hy-Vee on Nov. 26. (Special to The Globe)
    McIntyre is new store director at Worthington Hy-Vee
    WORTHINGTON — DeWayne McIntyre spent several years in the Kansas City, Mo. area, as well as many years in Maryville, Mo. He likes the size...
    business/retailDecember 19, 2018 - 9:42am
    December 8, 2018
    Fareway Grocery Manager Tim Stebbins (left) poses with Manna Food Pantry Coordinator Linda Sanchez with a $1,113,53 check to the organization made possible by Fareway's Round Up for Hunger campaign. Vustomers were donate their change, up to the next dollar, to assist the pantry. (Special to The Globe)
    'Round Up' nets more than $1,100
    business/retailDecember 8, 2018 - 6:50am
    November 30, 2018
    A bartender pours a beer Photo for The Washington Post by Dixie D. Vereen
    Two beer brands are booming while rest of US industry goes flat
    It's not all bad news in the sluggish U.S. beer market. Sure, consumers are drinking less brew, increasingly swapping out mainstream brands like...
    business/retailNovember 30, 2018 - 11:26am
    November 21, 2018
    A float with a prospector theme carries through the city of Aitkin during a past incarnation of The World Famous Fish House Parade. The 28-year-old parade keeps the town bustling on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Friday's parade starts at 1 p.m. Photo submitted by the Aitkin Area Chamber of Commerce
    Annual Fish House Parade keeps holiday revelers close to home in Aitkin
    AITKIN, Minn. — The year was 1991. Civic and business leaders in the city of Aitkin were tired of living in a ghost town on the day after Thanksgiving....
    business/retailNovember 21, 2018 - 3:47pm
    October 26, 2018
    A photo of Sydni Rehovsky, 11, of Alexandria, is displayed in the Halloween department at the Target in Alexandria, Minn. Celeste Edenloff / Forum News Service
    Central Minnesota girl becomes newest face in Target ads and she loves it
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- When Sydni Rehovsky was offered a chance to dance in New York last year – on more than one occasion – she started trying...
    business/retailOctober 26, 2018 - 4:30pm
    October 1, 2018
    The Globe Best of 2018
    business/retailOctober 1, 2018 - 8:21am
    September 12, 2018
    Kwik Trip to purchase former Hardee’s property
    WORTHINGTON — Kwik Trip will soon purchase the former Hardee’s lot from Aaron Marthaler’s Yellow Company LLC by no later than Monday. ...
    business/retailSeptember 12, 2018 - 8:31am
    September 9, 2018
    The last remaining Rainbow Foods store in the metro area in Maplewood, photographed March 22, 2018, remains open some four years after the parent company pulled out of the market. (Bob Shaw / Pioneer Press)
    First Rainbow, now Cub? Food competition claims casualties
    ST. PAUL—To see how rough the local food fight is getting, don't bother visiting a new Hy-Vee or a Lunds & Byerlys. Check out your local...
    business/retailSeptember 9, 2018 - 7:00am
    September 7, 2018
    Hy-Vee on a roll: 12 metro stores likely by end of next year
    ST. PAUL — Watching grocery stores spread is usually like watching ice cream melt. By that standard, Hy-Vee Supermarkets is on a fast boil...
    business/retailSeptember 7, 2018 - 12:23pm
    August 18, 2018
    Hy-Vee earns kudos from Greenpeace
    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Greenpeace recently released its 2018 Carting Away the Oceans (CATO) report, ranking Hy-Vee No. 2 out of the 22 largest supermarket chains in the U.S. for its sustainability efforts.
    business/retailAugust 18, 2018 - 12:04pm
    July 26, 2018
    The SuperValu Distribution Center at 3501 12th Avenue North in Fargo, N.D., June 4, 2012. Dave Wallis / The Forum
    Twin Cities-based grocery retailer Supervalu to be acquired in $2.9 billion deal
    Eden Prairie, Minn.-based grocery retailer Supervalu is selling itself to United Natural Foods in a $2.9 billion deal that also includes debt,...
    business/retailJuly 26, 2018 - 8:12am
    July 14, 2018
    Pictured is the completed exterior of the new Worthington Liquor Store along Ryan's Road. (Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Globe)
    New Worthington Liquor Store opens Tuesday
    WORTHINGTON — The new Worthington Liquor Store, located along Ryan’s Road, will open its doors to customers at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Its Diagonal...
    business/retailJuly 14, 2018 - 9:41am
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