Business

Dorothy Pryor Rose, known as “Mommie Helen” of The Original Mommie Helen’s Bakery in San Bernardino, died January 17 at age 69. The bakery, which Rose established 16 years ago in Colton, will continue to operate at the E Street site it relocated to in May 2015. Her daughter, Tedra …

Walmart will close 269  stores worldwide, including one of its locations in San Bernardino. The retail giant also disclosed that it will drop Walmart Express, the small store format that it started in 2011, according to a statement posted Friday on the company’s website. Walmart will now focus on improving …

Sonic, the drive-in restaurant chain, will add 33 locations in California during the next seven years, including at least two in the Coachella Valley. The expansion, which will include all parts of the state, will be facilitated by the expansion of two franchise agreements and the addition of two others, …

Stater Bros. Markets will build a store at the northwest corner of Baseline and Day Creek roads in Rancho Cucamonga. The 44,000-square-foot full-service supermarket, which is being developed by Upland-based Lewis Retail Centers, will be one of two anchor stores at Day Creek Marketplace, according to a statement released Monday. …

Ontario-based Niagara Bottling Company has donated $100,000 to Stater Bros. Charities to help sponsor this year’s Believe Walk. The walk, scheduled to be held Oct. 2 in Redlands, attracts about 12,000 participants annually and has raised more than $3 million to fight cancer since it began in 2008, according to …

Stater Bros Markets began a new era Monday, as Pete Van Helden officially took over as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Van Helden replaces Jack H. Brown, who will remain Stater Bros. executive chairman of the board of directors, company officials said. A 38-year veteran of the supermarket …