Giant Food Stores wants to make its Lancaster Shopping Center supermarket — one of its smallest stores — into one of its biggest. The Carlisle-based chain intends to double the size of the store, mostly by expanding into space now occupied by Berean Christian Stores and America'......

A new shopping center about the size of Rockvale Outlets is being proposed at routes 30 and 10, just east of Lancaster County. Three miles past the county line, the 28-store Chester County project would feature two anchor stores and a supermarket, plus a hotel. The total cost of the ven......

Brown sugar and pecan mustard, raspberry jalapeño ambrosia and gourmet artisan sea salt from Brittany in France, along with key lime marmalade, California grape leaves and champagne honey mustard — that's just the first half of one shelf at Mandros Imported Foods in Lancaster....

Standing in the parking lot of the Stauffers of Kissel Hill on Rohrerstown Road Friday morning, Scott Bowers of Mountville looked thoughtful when asked what he thought about the massive remodeling project unfolding all around him. Or maybe he just couldn't hear. To his right, a backhoe......

After five years of planning a new level of shopping experience, it's time to start construction. Stauffers of Kissel Hill will break ground Tuesday on an $18 million project that will transform its Rohrerstown location. The combined supermarket and garden center there now will be repl......

A bomb threat closed the Weis Markets store in Gap Monday morning, and state police are investigating whether the case is related to a rash of bomb threats around the country.Fourteen police cars from the Lancaster and Ephrata state police barracks and Quarryville and Christiana boroughs r......

Sometimes the Darrenkamp brothers flip a coin to make a decision. This time, they just listened to their customers. It seems that they didn't have much choice. The rumors that they were going to open a market at the former Redner's on Ridgeview Road, Elizabethtown, were flying. Redner&#......

Braeden Smith knows how to pack grocery bags quickly while ensuring that eggs don't get broken, soap doesn't smell up bread and two-liter bottles won't tip over in your car. Recently, the 22-year-old's skill won him the top prize at a bagging competition at the Giant store on Re......

Sunflowers, black-eyed susans and morning glories grow along the fence, with tomatoes, beans, eggplants, and peppers on the inside. On closer inspection, however, some important differences between this plot and a million other backyard gardens become apparent.

The most obvious difference...

Until last summer, he was just a normal 14-year-old boy.

But one week in June, Jewlian lost weight suddenly, couldn’t stop throwing up and could barely walk up a flight of stairs.

His doctors insisted it was just a bad stomachache, but his condition continued to worsen.

A week l...

“The flavor combination consistently scores off the charts in our taste tests,” he says. The snacks join a line that already features jalapeno and Mexican cheddar tortilla chips. They are available in 1-, 3- and 13-ounce bags. SHOCK TO YOUR SYSTEM If you have a need for caffeine, look no......

But an explosion in debit- and credit-card use and a steep rise in transaction fees have turned that nuisance into a major concern of supermarket operators.

"Interchange has gone up 10 times in four years and four times in the past two years," Norman Rich, president and chief executive of...

For the unlucky Lancastrians who have to work today, between a weekend and the Fourth of July holiday, it may not be a time of peak productivity. “It becomes sort of a limbo day. ...It’s not intentional on the part of anybody, but it’s harder to focus,” said Barry Frey, past president of the Lanc......

The three-member board in May heard the proposal of New York-based New Plan Excel Realty Trust Inc. to replace and expand the supermarket's current 48,283 square feet to 81,144 square feet.

The proposed redevelopment would cost more than $10 million, according to New Plan's application to...

Shoppers, many on their way home from work, arrive in a trickle and go leisurely through the store. They pass a few scattered employees working quietly in the darkened aisles to restock items bought in the earlier, busier hours. Up front, a solitary checkout clerk fills a few idle moments by c......

Those are the changes coming to the former John Cope’s Food Products, now that it’s been acquired by Pennsylvania Food Group, a spokesman said. “We’re just trying to carry on the tradition that’s been there a long time and hopefully make some money at it,” said Gary Gregory on Tuesday. Elabora......

The Rheems-based firm needed more financing to survive, its investment banker says. And now it’s arrived, in the form of new ownership. Cope’s, one of the county’s oldest and best-known agri-businesses, was sold recently in two parts for undisclosed prices. Its retail operation — making toa......

The affected soups are the 19-oz. cans of Progresso Vegetable Classics Minestrone Authentic Recipe soup. The soup that allegedly contained the needle was purchased Saturday at a Giant Food Store in Wind Gap, Northampton County. Family members said they noticed the slightly rusty needle in one of ......

But you might have to wait. Despite spotty shortages in flu vaccine supplies this year here and across the country, a top federal health official said Thursday that most people who want a shot should be able to get one this year. That’s good news, as the flu officially has arrived in Pennsylva......

Traffic in the home, pets, active kids and spills - your carpet seems to catch and hold it all. When you decide to get a thorough carpet cleaning for a high level of appearance, where do you go and what do you ask for?

“More is better,” says Ryan Pittman of Spotless Cleaning in Ephrata. “Mov...

When the Puritans stayed in Holland before setting sail for the New World, they enjoyed the cakes and took the recipe with them. Native Americans made fried bread, beignets are a hit at the Mardi Gras, and fasnachts, which were introduced by Germanic communities, are a February favorite in Pennsylva...

A&J Supermarket, 451 E. King St., will open around the second week of September, according to owner Adriano Gomez.

Gomez, who has been in the supermarket business for 20 years, worked diligently Monday with his son, Victor Acosta, and a handful of other workers stocking the store's shelves....

According to Bays, only the “downstairs” servants in Victorian England ate the muffins when the family baker combined left over bread, biscuit dough scraps and mashed potatoes. The English muffin went “upstairs” when the heads of the house realized they were missing something that was delicious. ...

Sanchez, a naturalist for the Lancaster County Department of Parks, matches her selection of bag to its use — at the moment and in the future. Cold foods in plastic. Dry foods in paper. Plastic for bagging plants or cleaning up after pets. Paper for recycling newspapers. “It’s something you......

Within the past couple of years, it seemed that virtually every grocer in the region was building bigger stores or expanding existing ones. We’re seeing it again. For shoppers, it means modern spic-and-span aisles, bright displays and lighting and more grab-and-go grub. For the grocers, it’s m......

Joining them were senior citizens with pacemakers and heart conditions. A young pregnant woman stood in the cold. So did a man who had oxygen tubes up his nose. And another whose sweatshirt read “#1 Pop Pop.” All showed up in the darkness to get a precious piece of paper: their flu shot vouche......

In fact, even the hot dog vendors at the carnival need one. As of July 1, almost every kind of commercial food establishment in Pennsylvania has a new requirement. They need at least one supervisory employee who holds a state food-safety certificate. “Hopefully, this will protect public hea......

Dubbed a “convenience restaurant,” it features both gas pumps and hand-tossed pizza cooked in a brick oven, magazines and panini sandwiches. Consumers can pay for gasoline at the pump, then head inside for a homemade gourmet salad or gelato.

There’s only one thing missing, say Sheetz executiv...

So much has changed in the 129 years since then - even in tradition-bound Lancaster - but the Miesse confections have remained the same. The candy sold today at 60 N. Queen St. still is made the "old-fashioned, hand-dipped" way using Daniel Miesse's original recipes.

"I don't want to ch......

Dano, owner of the beer distributor, says it's the newest way to cinch a sale in an industry that's going as flat as beer in a day-old open can.

Pennsylvanians, it seems, are drinking less beer. In 2003, according to state Department of Revenue figures, the amount of tax money generat...

So the owner of Horton Kennels outside Ephrata shops at her local Wal-Mart two to three times a week. She wants the best prices for groceries and the ease of having whatever else she needs — from shoelaces to tires — under the same roof. A long wait at the checkout or a lack of service won’t d......

Heat oven to 350°F. Place corned beef brisket and 2 cups water in Dutch oven. Bring just to a simmer; do not boil. Cover tightly and cook in 350°F oven 2-½ to 3-½ hours or until fork-tender.

About 20 minutes before brisket is done, steam cabbage 15 to 20 minutes or until tende......

They love barbecued ribs, wings and other finger foods, he said.

"They want to be able to sit and munch and watch TV at the same time,'' Parsons said.

He said Stauffers' four area supermarkets are "bulking up'' with such things as ribs, wings, stromboli, chips, salsa, football-shap...

Coinstar, which owns and operates the only multinational network of supermarket-based machines that offer coin counting and other electronic services, has added a kiosk machine for prepaid wireless phones, prepaid debit cards and a prepaid MasterCard at the 12 Weis Markets in Lancaster Count...

Many local shoppers have come to expect getting a free bird at area supermarkets, which offer them to customers who spend a certain amount of money -- anywhere between $200 and $300 -- in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.

Nancy and Richard Karr of Willow Street host their three grown ...

Those closed doors mean no customers, and while the store "needs to make a profit like anyone else,'' manager David Lohss said that something's more important than the bottom line.

Which is, keeping Sundays for church and family and as a day of rest -- and not for doing what you can the r...

"If someone says, "Hey I can run out to the grocery store to buy things to prepare dinner and buy a bottle of wine,' people don't have to make two or three stops,'' said state Rep. Mike Sturla of Lancaster. "It's a convenience situation.''

"Everybody will look around and see there's a dem...

About 60 of the state's liquor stores have been open on Sundays, accounting for $9.66 million in revenues, according to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

After nearly 70 years of prohibiting wine or liquor sales on Sundays, the Legislature last year created a two-year pilot program t...

Starting Sept. 1, shoppers will pay at least $3.07 for a gallon of whole milk in Lancaster County under price guidelines set by the marketing board.

Tracey L. Jackson, director of consumer affairs for the marketing board, said retail milk prices generally rise at the end of summer, ...

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc., in filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, said it intends to buy the half-empty Lititz Pike center for $11.5 million.

To help fill the vacant space there, the company said it is negotiating leases with L.A. Fitness Center for 46,000 square fee...

By wrapping its 20-ounce iced tea bottles with DuPont's "Cool 2 Go'' packaging, the beverage stays cool up to twice as long, the companies say.

And lower temperature makes for higher satisfaction.

"It tastes better, longer, no matter where you are,'' said Shiobhain Harding, Turkey ...

Sunbury-based Weis Markets, which grabbed 17.5 percent of Lancaster County grocery sales last year, remains the preferred supermarket, though Giant Food Stores, Redner's Warehouse Markets and Wal-Mart are lurking, according to a survey sponsored by Food Trade News, a Broom......