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 …
Read More »New Sonic Restaurants Part of Statewide Expansion
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, …
Read More »New Stater Bros. Store Slated
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. …
Read More »Inland Empire Charity Receives Major Donation
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 …
Read More »New Leadership at Stater Bros.
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 …
Read More »Stater Bros. Gives to Marines’ Charity
Stater Bros. Charities has donated $77,000 to the U.S. Marine Corps.’ Toys for Tots. That’s the largest donation the charitable organization has made to Toys for Tots in the 11 years it has participated in that program, according to a statement. Officials with Stater Bros. Charities presented a check to …
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