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    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
    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
    August 23, 2017
    Eleven months after a group of investors formed an LLC to purchase and save a grocery store in Bird Island, they report that the store is seeing increased sales and enjoying local patronage. Tom Cherveny / Forum News Service
    Small town Minn. grocery store shares tips on how to remain viable
    BIRD ISLAND, Minn. — Rural grocery stores do not have to go the way of the iconic red barn and disappear one by one from the Main Streets...
    newsAugust 23, 2017 - 8:40pm
    March 27, 2017
    Steve Walcott, vice president of sales in agricultural products for Big Dutchman USA, of Holland, Mich., talks about egg-laying equipment and a shift to cage-free. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    Cage-free chicken option presents challenges, opportunities for farmers, manufacturers
    ST. PAUL, Minn. — A shift toward cage-free egg-laying has created challenges for egg farmers and manufacturers — as well as opportunities....
    newsMarch 27, 2017 - 12:00pm
    April 12, 2016
    Small-town Minnesota grocers look to state for help
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s small-town grocery stores are closing at a rate that is expected to speed up as their owners age. In most cases, owners...
    newsApril 12, 2016 - 9:04pm
    April 11, 2016
    Roberta Fultz/Daily Globe
    Innovation, ingenuity, challenge: Bedford Industries celebrates 50 years
    WORTHINGTON — When Marty Rickers began his job at Bedford Industries, he felt like he knew quite a bit about Bedford as a whole. He knew it...
    newsApril 11, 2016 - 4:50pm
    March 27, 2016
    Mary Beth Engelke is the owner of Mary’s Market in Arthur, N.D. Dave Wallis/Forum News Service
    Competition with chains causes rural grocers to fear future
    ARTHUR, N.D. — Mary’s Market has been a cornerstone of downtown Arthur for 34 years. Tucked inside the mall on Main Street, the grocery store...
    newsMarch 27, 2016 - 9:05pm
    October 4, 2015
    Groceries on the go: Hy-Vee offers new pickup and delivery service
    WORTHINGTON — Not everyone enjoys grocery shopping, let alone has the time to do it. So Hy-Vee came up with a solution. The grocery store...
    newsOctober 4, 2015 - 7:40pm
    May 10, 2015
    Scott and Teresa Vogelaar’s new store, Lake Park Foods, will open sometime in May. Kristin Kirtz/Daily Globe
    All in the family
    LAKE PARK, Iowa — When Lake Park’s grocery store closed April 18 the town was devastated. Luckily, when Scott and Teresa Vogelaar heard about...
    newsMay 10, 2015 - 7:59pm
    May 7, 2015
    Worthington teen charged with armed robbery
    WORTHINGTON — Charges have been filed in the armed robbery that occurred at an ethnic grocery store at 1517 Oxford Street in Worthington Tuesday morning. Sixteen-year-old Simon Berihu Gebrehiwot of Worthington has been charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, second-degree...
    newsMay 7, 2015 - 12:57pm
    April 10, 2013
    Grocery stores, gas stations feel effects
    WORTHINGTON -- As rolling blackouts continued in Worthington Wednesday, businesses carried on as best they could. "Life has been pretty good here since we're getting rotating power and with the generator," said Mike Haiar, Worthington Hy-Vee Manager. Haiar explained that Hy-Vee's...
    newsApril 10, 2013 - 10:18pm
    October 29, 2009
    Employees, executives and officials cut the ribbon during the grand opening ceremony Wednesday morning at the new Fareway grocery store in Worthington.
    Fareway now open
    Employees, executives and officials cut the ribbon during the grand opening ceremony Wednesday morning at the new Fareway grocery store in Worthington....
    newsOctober 29, 2009 - 12:00am
    July 16, 2008
    Store reaches out after fire
    WESTBROOK -- When Westbrook's only grocery store was destroyed by fire on July 5, quick action and creative thinking helped alleviate the mounting concern among not only Westbrook residents, but from grocery shoppers throughout the area. Within days of the blaze that required the...
    newsJuly 16, 2008 - 12:00am
    July 8, 2008
    Editorial: A "pretty big loss" for a community
    A devastating fire last month in Rushmore -- flare-ups continue to this day -- has had a major impact on that community. Now, another blaze will undoubtedly leave a lingering effect on a southwest Minnesota city. The primary source of groceries for Westbrook area residents, Maynard's,...
    opinionJuly 8, 2008 - 12:00am
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