The Buzz: The Lisbon Street store aims to offer customers a healthy alternative for their food shopping.
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Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport kicks off self-serve fuel option for pilots
The Buzz: Better Living Center open a second store in Lisbon; Riverside Children’s Academy child care ready to open downtown Lewiston.
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What the Kroger-Albertsons merger could mean for you
The retail giants have proposed the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history.
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Grocery chains are bigger than ever. Here’s a look at the market.
The traditional supermarket industry has shrunk as big-name grocers acquired their smaller rivals. Here are the chains that dominate near you and across the U.S.
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Kroger and Albertsons defend merger plan against U.S. regulators’ objections
A hearing began Monday in federal court in Oregon on the merger plan proposed in October 2022.
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Small grocers feel squeezed by suppliers, and shoppers bear the pain
Grocery owners say they have little room to maneuver amid already razor-thin margins.
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Grocers are finally lowering prices as consumers pull back spending
An array of federal regulators, Democratic lawmakers and think tanks contend that large retailers have kept prices artificially high.
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Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What’s behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves
Surprising flavor combinations are showing up more frequently in grocery stores and restaurants.
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Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. New study links climate shocks to inflation
By 2060, the climate-triggered part of inflation should grow, with global food prices predicted to increase 2.2 to 4.3 percentage points annually, the study said.
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Big grocery stores profited from pandemic more than smaller rivals
The report collected information confidentially from retail giants Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. as well as chains like Kroger Co. for an investigation of grocery supply chain disruptions.