Business

After three years of often heated debate and discussion, a proposed mega-industrial project in Moreno Valley has reached its first public hearing. The city’s s planning commission heard five hours of testimony Thursday on the World Logistics Center, a warehouse-distribution facility that would cover 40.6 million square feet at buildout. …

Stater Bros. Charities will ship 1,000 care packages to local members of the armed forces who are serving overseas. Nearly 200 Stater Bros.’ employers will gather Saturday in the east parking lot at the company’s corporate headquarters in San Bernardino to assemble and address the packages, according to a company …

Smart and Final has opened one of its “extra” stores in Moreno Valley. The store, at 25050 Alessandro Blvd. is similar to regular Smart & Final location but has a meat department, delicatessen and an expanded produce section, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. The Smart & Final Extra!, …

Dollar Tree, the popular discount chain, has announced that it plans to sell approximately 330 Family Dollar Stores. The transaction, which was announced Monday, is being undertaken so that Dollar Tree can get approval of its $8.5 billion acquisition of Family Dollar Stores Inc. from the Federal Trade Commission, according …

Stater Bros. has donated a mobile emergency command center to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The 40-foot trailer, which Stater Bros. stopped using in 2010, is equipped with a communication system, flat-screen monitor, conference and storage areas and space for computers, according to a Stater Bros. release. The trailer …

An Inland Empire aviation company has added to its fleet of jets with the purchase of an aircraft from a private party overseas. Threshold Aviation Group in Chino, which buys, sells and manages aircraft used primarily by private companies, bought a Cessna Citation CJ2+ from a private party in England, …