Stater Bros. Charities has raised more than half a billion dollars for the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. The supermarket chain’s Heart Month Campaign in February, in which shoppers were asked to donate as they made their purchases, raised $543,488, said Susan Atkinson, president and chief executive …
Read More »Mediator to help resolve grocery dispute
A federal mediator has been summoned to help solve the ongoing labor dispute between the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and three of the largest supermarket chains in Southern California. A spokesman for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service confirmed that someone from that organization will participate in …
Read More »Some La Verne residents want to say no to Walmart
The mega-retailer is considering putting a grocery store in the city, but some residents and merchants say they would prefer someone else. Meanwhile, the city says it has to fill the space as soon as it can. Most retailers come to a city with little or no local opposition. So …
Read More »Foreclosure starts rise statewide
Foreclosure filings were up 10 percent year-to-year in California during the first quarter of this year. That was the first double-digit increase in foreclosure starts – the first step in the foreclosure-filing process – in California since 2009, according to a report first published by The Press-Enterprise. In the Inland …
Read More »Retail posts solid month
March was a good month for retail nationwide, as U.S chain store sales rose 3.6 percent year-over-year. National sales were also up 2.2 percent compared with February, which was hurt badly by severe weather in much of the country, according to data released today by the International Council of Shopping …
Read More »Another Nordstrom Rack is coming to the IE.
Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. announced Thursday that it will open one of its discount stores at Mountain Grove, a retail project that is under construction next to Citrus Plaza, according to a statement. Mountain Grover is being developed by Majestic Realty in the City of Industry, which also developed Citrus Plaza, …
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