Convenience stores remount challenge to cold-beer laws
Convenience stores in Indiana are appealing a decision from a federal judge in June that continued to prohibit them from selling cold beer.
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Peapod sees Indianapolis as big growth market
Peapod Inc. has discovered fertile ground in Indianapolis despite a crowded field of grocery competitors, said Scott DeGraeve, senior vice president at the country’s oldest and biggest online grocery-delivery service.
Judge dismisses wrongful death suit against Kroger
The mother of an Indianapolis man shot at a Kroger by a store manager in what police said was an attempted robbery filed the suit in 2012.
Whole Foods confirmed as Market Square anchor
The specialty grocery chain will occupy 40,000 square feet on the ground level of the $81 million development slated to be built on a portion of the former Market Square Arena site.
Shadeland Station shopping center bought for $9.5M
New York-based Time Equities Inc. acquired the northeast-side property that is anchored by a Marsh supermarket and 85-percent occupied.
Fresh idea: Specialty grocers finally eyeing south side
The south side is beginning to receive at least some attention from grocery players, including specialty ones that are much more prevalent to the north.
New grocery chain plans three local stores
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Phoenix-based specialty grocery startup that plans to open its first eight stores this year, has decided on three locations in Indianapolis.
Giant Eagle store coming to The Bridges in Carmel
The Pittsburgh-based supermarket officially announced that it will build a Market District grocery store in the development, along with a GetGo convenience store and fuel station. The stores should open in 2015.
New grocer’s arrival adds to questions about Marsh
Because Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle wants to enter the Indianapolis market, you'd think it would initiate discussions to buy Marsh Supermarkets, which has been hanging a for-sale banner for years. But a Giant Eagle spokesman said there have been no discussions.
After 9-year hiatus, Caplinger family opens new fish market
Veteran seafood operators Nick and Andrew Caplinger opened a shop in December at East 75th Street and Shadeland Avenue that boasts a wide variety of fresh fish.
Aldi gets go-ahead to build store in Greenwood
Aldi has purchased the land on Indiana 135 where a Pizza King restaurant and Dannemiller True Value store sit. The company will tear down the buildings to accommodate the new grocery.
Marsh to shut down 8 stores by end of month
The closings, which include five in the Indianapolis market, will leave the chain with 78 stores in two states.
Pittsburgh grocer jumping into Indy market
A major supermarket chain is hoping to expand into the Indianapolis market, starting with an anchor position in a mixed-use project under construction in Carmel.
Kite Realty to pay $307M for 9 retail properties
The Indianapolis-based real estate firm said the properties total 2 million square feet and are mostly located in Florida, Georgia and Texas. The acquisition would bump the size and value of Kite’s portfolio by about 20 percent.
Discount retailers, grocers await impact of food-stamp cut
With an estimated 8 percent of shoppers using food stamps, the impact will probably be felt most acutely by discount retailers such as Dollar General Corp., Family Dollar Stores Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, analysts say.
Marsh Supermarkets, former CEO spar over attorney fees
The company and Don Marsh each want the other to pay legal bills that, coincidentally, total about $1.7 million each. They stem from a bitter court battle between the two that concluded in July.
Wal-Mart steps up grocery ambitions
The Indianapolis grocery market is about to become even more competitive, as discount giant Wal-Mart embarks on a strategy to offer consumers a store design much cozier than its cavernous supercenters.
Broad Ripple apartment project gets preliminary approval
The controversial residential-and-retail development along the Central Canal got the nod from a city hearing examiner on Thursday. A zoning change and variances for the project still require additional approval.
Meijer plans to hire more than 9,000 in five states
The Grand Rapids-based company says it wants to hire 1,800 in Indiana. Most of the new positions will be part-time.
Former governor candidate Gregg buys country grocery
The Democrat said he hopes his purchase of Yagles Country Cupboard will help the store provide more services to the largely Amish southern Indiana community and create a few jobs.