Little Rock Retail Sites Make Plans to Rebuild After Storm Damage
Three major west Little Rock retail centers waylaid by an EF3 tornado on March 31 are looking to regroup and rebuild. read more >
Three major west Little Rock retail centers waylaid by an EF3 tornado on March 31 are looking to regroup and rebuild. read more >
Competitive concerns and shareholder demand drive growth at both ends of the U.S. grocery business. read more >
The pharmacies were accused of contributing to the oversupply of prescription opioids in the state. read more >
Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale is expected to open its England location this week, according to our Lonoke County bureau. read more >
The news is all over the town of fewer than 3,000 people that Harps will be taking over the space at 301 Pine Bluff Hwy. vacated by Kroger Co. read more >
Kroger Co.'s decision to close five stores in Arkansas would have left two more towns with no full-service grocery stores, but the Edwards grocery store chain is coming to the rescue in Brinkley. read more >
Two major retailers join the growing list of national chains that will require customers to wear face masks regardless of where cities or states stand on the issue. read more >
The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. read more >
The leadership gap left by our elected officials is being filled increasingly by leaders in the private sector read more >
The U.S. government is investigating allegations of price-fixing against the country's biggest poultry companies, including Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale. read more >
Shortly after Walmart opened its first Supercenters with food markets in 1988, top executives began to see groceries as the retail titan’s future bread and butter. Now Walmart is America’s biggest grocery seller, and food is becoming ammunition in the Bentonville company’s online duel with Amazon. read more >
Liquor stores throughout Arkansas have seen total sales fall an average of 5.5 percent since expanded sales of wine in grocery stores went into effect Oct. 1, according to a report released Monday. read more >
Expanded wine offerings have taken a toll on sales at the state’s package liquor stores. read more >
A curious shift (one of many) has taken place in American politics in the past couple of years. Corporate America has begun taking the lead on political issues. read more >
With its $14 billion purchase of grocery chain Whole Foods Market Inc., Amazon announced its intention to take on Wal-Mart in the brick-and-mortar world. read more >
German grocery chain Aldi Inc. said on Sunday it would invest $3.4 billion to expand its U.S. store base to 2,500 by 2022, raising the stakes for rivals caught in a price war. read more >
The successful push by big grocers like Wal-Mart and Kroger to expand the selection of wine they sell in Arkansas wasn’t the first such effort and it won’t be the last. read more >
A proposal in the Arkansas Legislature to allow grocery stores to sell more wines passed in the House on Wednesday, after failing its first vote there on Monday. read more >
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, is running a new price-comparison test in at least 1,200 U.S. stores and squeezing packaged goods suppliers in a bid to close a pricing gap with German-based discount grocery chain Aldi and other U.S. rivals like Kroger Co. read more >
A proposal in the Arkansas Legislature to allow grocery stores to sell more wines failed in the House on Monday, but is expected to be brought up again this session. read more >
